What does God want for you? What does He want from you?
The Scriptures describe God as a Father that wants what
is best for His kids. I often refer to Him as though He is the perfect Coach
and always tells us in the “huddle” the path to victory.
Last week at our missions conference the preacher said
this about God”
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God wants what is best for you!
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God knows what is best for you!
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God has the ability to do what is best for you!
You can tell a lot about a dad or a coach by what they
want from their kids/players. Often it is assumed that I would want all of my
kids to be athletes. Yes, I do enjoy watching my kids play; but I also enjoy
watching the sing; watching them draw; watching them do well in school; etc.
Simply put, I love seeing them doing things they love to do… I find myself
watching former players that are playing at the collegiate level now and
rejoicing in their success and being heartbroken in their disappointments…
Yet if you asked me what is the one thing that I would
want from any of my kids/players it would be that they be witnesses of Christ
as Acts 1:8 calls believers to be… I have been blessed to see each of my 5 kids
in action sharing the love of Christ with others; whether it be on a playground
around home or a field overseas. (I even get to serve side by side with my son
Caleb next week in the Dominican Republic – it will be his first venture
overseas in following God’s plan…) I have been blessed to have former players
travel with me both stateside and overseas to share the Gospel.
God has chosen for us (believers) to be missionaries!
(And I am not saying that everyone should be a vocational missionary; but all
are to be witnesses.)
And if we need to know the heart of the Father we need
look no further than His own Son. That preacher last week said this about the
missionary heart of God: “God had only one Son and He made Him a missionary!”
Luke 19:10 “…for the Son of Man has come to
seek and to save that which was lost.”
God the father knows what is best for you… God the Coach
has sent you into the game with a job to do!
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