In the spirit of last week’s devotion on telling the Good
News (and my typical CHRISTmas time rants), I have some quick observations this
week…
Obviously, it is basketball season, and it doesn’t take
long in knowing me to realize that is my favorite sport. I appreciate the
beauty of the teamwork, the different roles that have to be played, etc. I
understood this past week when Greg Popovich (coach of San Antonio Spurs)
stated that “there is no basketball anymore, there’s no beauty in it.” This was
coming from a coach that is known for teams that play beautiful, unselfish
basketball… where there are a number of passes getting the team the best
opportunities to score. In fact, that style has led to San Antonio having the
highest winning percentage of any active NBA franchise.
I do love to watch them play and, as stated, understand
Pop’s complaint; but, bottom line is that in order to win a team must “get buckets!”
A team could play beautiful basketball… many passes… player movement… set picks
and screens… AND STILL COMMIT A VIOLATION BY RUNNING OUT THE SHOT CLOCK! As far
as I know, there are no beauty-points in basketball, and the only way to score
is for the ball to go through the hoop…
All of that to remind us this week (this time of year)
that the only way we “score” is when the Gospel is shared…
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (Good News) of Christ,
for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes, for the
Jew first and also for the Greek. Romans 1:16
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of God. Romans 10:17
So instead of worrying about what holiday greeting we
receive, why don’t we be the givers and share the Good News… “take a shot”… or
we risk “having the shot clock run out” on this great time of year for telling what
the shepherds did… that there is a Savior… peace with God available!!!
(And you have to take shots in order to get buckets… “you
will miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!”)
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