GROW UP! GIVE GOD GLORY!

 

Have you been watching the football playoffs? All those players are very talented in their position. But even if the quarterback is the best, he would not be a good defensive lineman. And if the defensive tackle is an All Pro, he would be a terrible quarterback.

Some players are tall and weigh over 300 pounds, and they make good linemen. Others are slender and fast runners, and they make good receivers.

I mention this because in our epistle (1 Cor 12:12-31), St. Paul writes about the different gifts people have, and when we all work together as a team, we give all the glory to God. But what if a quarterback or a linebacker is not performing well? The coach must take him out of the game.

Chuck Noll, the famous Steelers coach, would tell players that they needed to get on with their life’s work. Now, even if the coach takes a player out of the game because all the fans are booing him, that does not mean that he can’t be good at something else.

Some players go on to write music and play the piano (Mike Reid). Others run healthcare companies (Jimbo Covert). Others become Realtors© (Roger Staubach) or actors (Jim Brown) or insurance agents (Bill Fralic). You thought I was going to say, “Chuck Clark.”

In a few months, I am going to retire from here, but God will find other work for me to do so that I give glory to God for all things, including work. So, today, talk to your parents about what you want to be when you grow up, and how you can give God glory by doing that.

Let us pray. Heavenly Father, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named: Bless all children, and give their fathers and mothers the spirit of wisdom and love, so that the homes in which they grow up may be to them an image of Your Kingdom, and the care of their parents a likeness of Your love. We pray in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.