My son Luke is playing for the local all-star baseball team. Yeah! But the problem is that due to vacation, he missed the only two practices that they had, and now he's buried in right field and at the bottom of the order. This isn't just a dad speaking: He's better than everyone else on the team. However, the problem with baseball is that there really aren't situations that allow you to show that, once you're buried. How do you force the action from right field? You have to wait until something is hit to you, and then you simply field it and throw it back in. Coaches don't get overwhelmed by a well-fielded single or the catch of a fly ball. So he's pretty much stuck.
He'll be playing basketball in the fall and that's a whole different story. In b-ball (the world's greatest sport), you can force the action to the point where the coach has to notice. You can steal the ball, get a rebound and move upcourt with it - you really can't get buried unless you bury yourself. It is possible to dig yourself out of anonymity, if you really want to (and have the skills - like a James Capozzi.)
Challenge: Force the action as a Christian. I don't mean by sticking picket signs in people's faces or slapping bumper stickers on cars. In this present Christian climate, you can really stick out by loving, forgiving, helping, healing, worshiping, ceding to your brother on matters insignificant, going out of your way to help a hurting brother. It's like basketball - you can blend if you want, but there is an option of forcing the action to the point where you (or rather Christ) are noticed in a good way. You're not stuck out in right field, waiting hopelessly for something to come to you. Like b-ball, you can go get it.
Be an impact Christian. In the world. In the action.
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Zone Buster giving me a compliment? Well, thank you very much. I'll have you know that you are the greatest principal/basketball player that I've ever known (all other principals were at least 350 lbs). Thanks for the shout out.
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