Scottie and Family Years ago a professional football player told me that in life, as in sports, learning the peculiarities of your position and staying within the bounds of that expertise is the most important part you can play toward success of yourself and the team. No, this article is not another rant from Lombardi or Bryant. Actually we find our way to Jesus, the greatest “life player” of all.
The key to this piece is a statement from a Pro-Basketball Olympic Gold Medalist and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, Scottie Pippen.
“Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.”
Scottie Pippen.
Some very good athletes never really make much of an impact due to the fact of their attempting to play all positions at the same time. Players with this bent are often seen giving their error prone team mates what fore (often spelled with only four letters). They themselves often miss plays due to a lack of confidence in other players. The same is true in life.
Our Lord, in His Word, lets us know that He understands this human flaw of trying to play first and second base on the same play. He helps us to get a handle on doing His thing in us well. He clearly lays out the areas of our Christian walk in which He wants to work through us.
Serious Christian men and women often spend a great deal of their life attempting to serve in roles for which they are NOT gifted. They get into a job because “somebody has to do it,” or “I need the money.” The list goes on, but you get the idea.
In three primary passages of the Bible God lays out the gifts of the Holy Spirit, given to Christians with which to effectively serve Him. Here’s the cites: Romans 12:4-8, I Corinthians All of Chapters 12, 13, and 14 deal with the giver of the gifts as He sees fit, the proper use of His gifts to us, and even lets us know in Chapter 13, the greatest of the gifts, the one gift that is to be desired as a balance in the use of the others. It is the one gift that will keep “self” in check.
The third passage is Ephesians 4:7-16. This passage is helpful in understanding that as gifted people, we are a gift to others, and when a church, NOT one person, has each of the gifts of The Spirit working together in unison, a maturing process is taking place that results in the group growing in the grace of Jesus Christ, thus impacting the world for Christ.
The purpose of today’s article is to challenge you to spend some time in prayer, in study, in earnestly seeking to know and understand God’s gift for service that is in you. And to pour your body, mind and heart into developing your response to this wonder of grace.
“Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.”
Copyright © 2016 Larry Lilly
IT specialist Oral Deckard will treat you special!
The key to this piece is a statement from a Pro-Basketball Olympic Gold Medalist and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, Scottie Pippen.
“Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.”
Scottie Pippen.
Some very good athletes never really make much of an impact due to the fact of their attempting to play all positions at the same time. Players with this bent are often seen giving their error prone team mates what fore (often spelled with only four letters). They themselves often miss plays due to a lack of confidence in other players. The same is true in life.
Our Lord, in His Word, lets us know that He understands this human flaw of trying to play first and second base on the same play. He helps us to get a handle on doing His thing in us well. He clearly lays out the areas of our Christian walk in which He wants to work through us.
Serious Christian men and women often spend a great deal of their life attempting to serve in roles for which they are NOT gifted. They get into a job because “somebody has to do it,” or “I need the money.” The list goes on, but you get the idea.
In three primary passages of the Bible God lays out the gifts of the Holy Spirit, given to Christians with which to effectively serve Him. Here’s the cites: Romans 12:4-8, I Corinthians All of Chapters 12, 13, and 14 deal with the giver of the gifts as He sees fit, the proper use of His gifts to us, and even lets us know in Chapter 13, the greatest of the gifts, the one gift that is to be desired as a balance in the use of the others. It is the one gift that will keep “self” in check.
The third passage is Ephesians 4:7-16. This passage is helpful in understanding that as gifted people, we are a gift to others, and when a church, NOT one person, has each of the gifts of The Spirit working together in unison, a maturing process is taking place that results in the group growing in the grace of Jesus Christ, thus impacting the world for Christ.
The purpose of today’s article is to challenge you to spend some time in prayer, in study, in earnestly seeking to know and understand God’s gift for service that is in you. And to pour your body, mind and heart into developing your response to this wonder of grace.
“Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.”
Copyright © 2016 Larry Lilly
IT specialist Oral Deckard will treat you special!
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