Remember the days of picking kids to be on teams? We wanted
the best to hold the line, throw the ball, jump the rope and more. There were
the ones that were always picked last. It was hard because kids wanted to be
nice, but they wanted to win. So the struggle between having a good team and
having a good heart was there on the playground for the whole world to see.
Sometimes the underdog just got made fun of and left to
suffer in his or her own problems. Other times we’d find out that the underdog
was actually a shining star with talents none of us knew! It was amazing to see
the look on the face of the kid who didn’t fit in as everyone cheered on the
victorious home run or breaking through for Red Rover.
Our country is in a bit of a mess. I might say we may be in
the last inning. There’s trouble at all the bases and the opposing team appears
to be bigger, stronger and “badder”.
We’re the underdogs that’s for sure.
Unless we do something drastic we can’t hope to win. Can we?
You’re probably feeling the heat yourself. Life can be a
big a mess as the playing field of life gets littered with all kinds of
problems. You know you’re the weaker link, the last to be picked and you may even
have been left out of the game altogether.
Unless you do something drastic you won’t win. Will you?
Is there hope for us on the underdog team? Is there hope for
you as an underdog yourself? Maybe you’re thinking about throwing in the towel
and making yourself fit in with the other team. You’re tired of having a good
heart, full of good intentions and being lonely and outcast and unappreciated,
undervalued and discarded like a bad penny.
Oh beloved, I encourage you today to get out the Play Book
of Life and read: The underdogs win! It
may look rough, the sky may be growing dark, the winds of change are blowing in
and the devil himself is howling at your door. But God says you are on the A
Team! God says you’re a Winner! God says you are victorious not a victim! He
says you are beautiful, perfect and redeemed. He says you are able and content
and valiant! He says greater is He who is in you than He who is in the world!
It may be the last inning and you may be struggling, but God
says I love you and I AM for you and that’s all that matters in the playing
field of life!
Psalm 112:6-8 Such people will not be
overcome by evil. Those who are
righteous will be long remembered. They
do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for
them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes
triumphantly.
1 John 5:5 And who can win this battle
against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
I John 4:4 You are from God, little
children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he
who is in the world.
I Corinthians 1:8-9 He will keep you strong
to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord
Jesus Christ returns. God will do
this, for He is faithful to do what He says, and He has invited you into
partnership with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 8:31 What shall we say about such
wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
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