Football

I went to my brothers' 8th grade football game last night, and they lost 6-14. I guess being the first game of the season with a lot of new players, they did better than most would have. I could not help but notice, though, that they were all over the field, running where the ball was instead of being strategic, or plain standing still waiting for the ball to come to them (which it rarely ever does).
They would kick the ball where it needed to be, but the team members would simply not be there to catch the ball: the quarterback, also, would be streaming down the field, only to be tackled by the opposing team simply because the team members were not where they should have been, doing what they should have been doing.


Many have compared football to Christianity, which many find amusing or incomparable, but in this instance I learned something spiritually significant from this experience.
 In football, when a quarterback charges into the fray carrying the ball, and nobody is there to keep the opposing team off of him, he usually is tackled right? he must, MUST have good team members to back him up, or he can count of being done for. Teamwork is necessary. He has to have help.

 The same is true in Christianity, whatever sect you claim yourself to be of. We see examples of this from Torah, and even from what is called 'the new testament'. You can not send out believers... 'quarterbacks' if you will... into the world to carry the word...'the ball'... to finish the race... or in this case, to win the game.
 
  Each test, each quarter of the battle of our spiritual lives, has a test of spiritual endurance. We must get in the end zone. We must prevail. We must spread the word about Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) to those who do not know Him personally- and most importantly of all, we must...MUST live out our lives in a way that is pleasing to Him, and reflects Him. We must show the world what Yeshua looks like, and who He is... to do that, He must live in us...we must have a heart change. He alone can change us.

Messiah Yeshua did not swear, drink or smoke- He did not abandon those in need, nor did He ever turn away one who was needy. He never stopped pressing towards the goal. And neither must we.   We must be where we need to be- helping others- doing what we need to be doing -serving others- and not serving our lustful selves, or our own selfish desires. How do we do this? through Yeshua, and by keeping His commandments.

Perhaps you are called to train up spiritual quarterbacks- or perhaps you are to be a spiritual quarterback yourself.

                     
What is a way that you can support the spiritual quarterbacks in your life? Pray always? Support financially? The answer is yes. The question is, why aren't you? or perhaps in a better way of speaking, why don't you do that today?