There
has been lots of talk both positive and negative about sport this
week. I'm not a huge fan of sport but my hubby is. It doesn't matter
what the sport is, he will watch it. On Monday afternoon, I came home
from work and hubby was watching the Super Bowl live on TV. (We live in Australia and we are about 14 hours in front of the US) I was a little
disappointed that I missed the part I considered my favourite bit of the
game...the entertainment that is at half time.
I went about making myself lunch when hubby exclaimed "Uh
oh!" I asked him what the problem was and he said the stadium had lost
power and all play had stopped. I then sat on the lounge with my
sandwich and watched the confusion a little. It was actually quite
entertaining as the cheerleaders were jumping and dancing around and the
commentators were trying to sound like they knew what was going on.
The announcers soon came on saying officials had found the problem and
it could be up to half an hour until play resumed. Even then, no one was
sure the game was actually going to continue.
I found it interesting that the coaches hadn't taken the players from
the field but had kept them on the ground stretching, keeping warm and
throwing the ball around. The coaches and managers were very angry with
the officials but the players seemed to take the unexpected
interruption in their stride and kept on with preparations for when the
power was to come back on and they could resume play.
It occurred this is a parallel to our Christian
life. As Christians, we should keep ourselves warmed up and prepared
for when the power of the Holy Spirit comes upon us to do some major
game playing in the Father's Kingdom. We are not to get angry or
impatient but to keep on with the preparations because we never know
when we will be called into the game but just be ready when the time
comes. And even if we never get called into the game, the fact we are
ready to go at a moments notice is more important in God's eyes.
Who knew the Super Bowl in the US had such parallels with God's kingdom throughout the earth? I didn't.
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