Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Back In The Game
Recently I saw a few clips from a football game that was for a playoff position. It was a pretty rough, physical game, and one of the main quarterbacks was injured in what appeared to be a cheap shot by the opposition. The quarterback had to leave the game for a while to be attended to and the team suffered for it while he was out. The opposition appeared as if they were now going to dominate the game. But after a while the injured quarterback came slowly walking back out to the bench with the quarterback who just stood to watch the game for a few minutes. There was some question by the announcers as to whether or not he would play. Then, the quarterback licked his fingers, picked up a ball, and began tossing it back and forth with another player. When his offensive team returned to the field, he led them, and he led them to victory that day. It reminded me, as I thought about it this morning, of our Christian walk. As believers we can leave the game.
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Once out of the game, we can cry out to God for healing and deliverance. If we are out of the game due to sin in our lives, we can return by repentance. God will always take us back.
James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The point here is that we have an enemy. He will try to knock us out of the game any way that he can. But if we call out to God, He will heal us. If we turn to the scriptures, our trainer, we will get the sustenance and ointments needed to bind up our wounds and get us back in the game of life. We can have victory over our enemy, if we will just turn to our God and give Him our whole hearts once again.
Prayer
Father, we exalt you as the Most High God. You alone are worthy of all praise and honor and glory. We need You to make it. We need Your kingdom to make it. Today, many of Your people need You to pour out Your overwhelming provision. We need Your provision for our lives today, Father. Forgive us when we get distracted and walk away from You. Help us escape those temptations. We need Your love and Your caring. Heal us. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.