Well it happens every year, a day that some can hardly wait for and a day that some dread! What day am I speaking of...Super Bowl Sunday!
Personally I watch it because I like football, but also for the awesome commercials! Betty White was great last year, hilarious...wouldn't you agree?
If you read today's scriptures, you will see that it was some pretty tough stuff to toss around in our little minds. God is demanding that we do not have false idols or gods. We are to do the work that He asks of us, using the skills that He gave us.
Obviously most of us reading this, if not all of us, are not professional football players! What we are though, are mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and friends. For the male audience reading this, you are fathers, husbands, sons, brothers and friends. What does that have to do with the super bowl you ask?
Some wives, maybe some husbands, are going to have to sacrifice their home or at the very least their husband and maybe the television for the day on Sunday. He is not, possibly she, going to want to be bothered, he is going to want to be fed, he is going to want to have everything hunky dory lovely so he can watch the game of the year undisturbed. Can you see how this is a resemblance of God? Now calm down, I am NOT comparing your spouse to God, I am saying the sacrifices that we make for a day of football, is quite similar to the sacrifices that we are asked to make for God. The hard part is...God wants this very sacrifice for every day for Him. He wants us to be ready to do His work at any given time He presents it to us.
He may ask us to take someone to the store that is sick or can't drive or doesn't have a car.
He may want us to go visit sick people in the hospital or at their home.
He may want us to go visit elderly in their home or the nursing homes.
He may want a seasoned mother to mentor a new young mother that struggles to get it all balanced.
He may want us to minister to those in jail/prison.
He may want us to write an encouraging note or card to a missionary.
He may want us to send a care package to a soldier.
He may want us to do a lot of things, however if we can not make sacrifices to make time for His work in our lives then guess what....we miss His totally awesome blessings that come from doing His work. For instance, if you are a highly organized individual, He gave you that ability to do something for Him. So, maybe some charity or ministry at your church home or even your friends church needs someone to help get their mission/agenda organized and then delegated out. That is such a perfect opportunity to help to make sure that more people are being reached and God's grace and love is being shown to them. If you don't step forward and offer your God given ability then maybe someone that really needed to be reached will slip through the cracks???
We must be willing to sacrifice our life to God and what His will is for our lives. Just like some of us will have to sacrifice our home to a bunch of yelling men/woman to watch a game of a bunch of other yelling men run into each other and bash each other to the ground. We may have to cook a bunch of food for them to enjoy, which is not much different then making a meal for a new mom, elderly person, recuperating person or whomever. Honestly the needy person will probably enjoy your food more and be more appreciative, might even say thank you!
I say all of this to you, to say this, get your life in order as best as your abilities will allow you so that you can be ready and willing to do God's work when it is presented to you. If you can do it for a bunch of overgrown children, you can do it for people that are deserving of God's grace, mercy and love, which actually means EVERYONE!!!
Have a great weekend and enjoy the game, or don't, whichever you prefer!
Much love,
Kari
