This is the first post I've had in a while and since I didn't have that many to start it's probaly not a good thing but oh well.....
Tonight I got to do something I normally don't get to do anymore. Me and my Dad got to sit down a watch something on TV that really interests only us. Yes, the whole family was still in the room but my Mom and Laurie were looking for houses on the internet, Lizzie was already in bed and Grandma was just being Grandma. Just sitting there. But back to me and Dad. We were watching a special on Tom Brady and the 6 quarterbacks taken in front of him in the 2000 NFL draft. Brady was out of Michigan and didn't do a lot of things well. He was slow, his arm was mediocre at best, and at that time, didn't take hits well. From that point, he began to mature but, it took time. They had an interview of Coach Bill Belichick saying that in Brady's rookie season the Patriots "wasted a roster spot on a 4th string quarterback". Guess who that guy was. You guessed it! Brady! He was a waste. One of the greatest quarterbacks of all time was a waste. But these type comments motivated Tom to be the best he could be. You see, NFL back-up quarterbacks sometimes only get one shot of doing something. In the second game of his second season, Brady got his shot. He came in and never looked back. He has been the starter of the Patriots ever since. As the show was ending, it explained that none of the quarterbacks that were taken ahead of him are still even in the league. They had all been cut. So they asked Brady how he treats practice and quarterbacking now since he has proven to be one of the best ever. He replied, "I don't go out each day knowing that I'm going to be the starter on Sunday. I want to earn it every single day."
I wonder if that is how we view Christ. Since we are Christians, do we just do what we want to? Or are we constantly striving, as Paul says, "the prize of the high calling"? Christianity is not something that we achieve and just do nothing. It is something that we work hard at. The Bible says we have to die to ourselves daily and "take up our cross" and follow Christ. I wonder if you are doing that each day.
