There was no joy in Mudville. Or was that Boston? The mighty Red Sox who on September 1, 2011 had a 99.6 percent chance of being in the playoffs had choked. It was over – not even a wildcard. Remind me now what does I Corinthians 10:12 say. Wasn’t it something about thinking he stands and then falling?
I was chastised once by one of the saints for expressing some knowledge of sports. “Times,” according to my rebuker, “were too intense and too fraught with peril to be distracted from being ready for Jesus to come.”
Perhaps he had a point. Except he made it sound like getting ready for Jesus to come was a full time task that should occupy our every waking moment. I must confess I don’t quite understand that considering in John 5:24 Jesus promised us if we believe in Him we have already crossed over from death to life. I thought how strange it would have been for one on Noah’s sons to be constantly worried about having a place in the ark. Why should we worry about what we have? Yet, the caution is I Corinthians 10:12. Lest we think we stand. Perhaps the answer is why we stand. If we stand on our righteousness then we are fallen. If we stand on Jesus’ righteousness it really is a sure thing. Standing on, living on the promises is what brings lasting joy into our lives.
Written by Roger Bothwell on September 30, 2011
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