Get in the game

Get in the game

Bible: Colossians 1:24-29

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                I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works
                                                   within me (V.29 NLT).

I love going to football matches—sitting in the stands, cheering my team on, singing the chants!
But Christianity can become a lot like a football game if we’re not careful. As a friend of mine once said, there are eleven guys on the field doing all the work and thousands in the stands just watching. That’s not God’s game plan for His people. He wants us to climb out of the stands, get out on the field and join the team. If you are wondering what good you can do on the field, then ask God. God has given each of us gifts that can help in the work He’s doing. But you don’t need to be able to preach, lead a study or play an instrument to serve at church. If you have time to give, you yourself are a great gift (just as you are). Jesus can take us, and whatever we have, and use us in ways we’d
never imagined. The important thing is that we don’t just sit on the sidelines. We are part of God’s family, so let’s live it and work with each other in any way we can. Let’s follow the example of Paul, who never stopped playing a part on God’s field (COLOSSIANS 1:28-29). It’s much better to be on the field than sat in the stands.

                        GOD HAS A PLAN FOR US, SO LET’S GET OUT OF

                      THE STANDS AND INTO THE FIELD OF PLAY.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries