Recently in the news, there was a report about the Philadelphia
Eagles star quarterback Carson Wentz. After the second straight year of him
facing some injuries and watching his backup perform very well, reporters couldn’t
wait to stir up some controversy. In the report, unnamed sources from the team
were supporting the backup QB and calling out Wentz for being “egotistical,” “selfish,”
“uncompromising,” and “showing favoritism.” Following the report, many named
sources came out supporting Wentz and
Obviously, this can cause dissension in the locker room… no
matter what, the outside world sees the Eagles as divided… and “if a house is divided
against itself, that house cannot stand.” (Mark 3:25)
I am writing about this for a couple of reasons…
1.
In over 30 years of being involved in ministry, I
have seen a lot of dissension in the church… and Jesus was clear that the way
the outside world will know we are His disciples is through how we are in the “locker
room” (the church.) (SEE John 13:34-35)
2.
The second is because to the lessons we can
learn from how Carson Wentz handled the situation…
In a report I read today Wentz had an opportunity to blast
the unnamed sources and try to clear his name… after all those cowardly
anonymous players shouldn’t have been bad mouthing him… should have talked to
Wentz, not reporters… should have…
Wentz decided not to dwell on the “should haves” and “should
have nots” and instead was quoted as saying, “It's never fun to read, but to an
extent, you look at it and be like, 'Well, if someone did have this perception
of me, why? What have I done wrong? What can I get better at?'" he said.
"I realize I have my shortcomings. Yes, I can be selfish. I think we all
have selfishness inside of us. There's human elements to that, that I really
look at and say, 'Well, I can get better.'"
Wentz longs for team unity and is willing to start by letting
go of the need to fix others… and instead looking in the mirror to fix self and
be the best teammate he can be!
Be responsible for you!!! 1 John 4:21 says, “And this
commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his
brother also.”
Matthew 6:12 goes as far as directly linking our practical,
relational forgiveness with the Father to our willingness to let go of the “should
haves” and “should have nots” in others… You are familiar with the verse, “Forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” That word for “debt” is literally “what
is owed’ or metaphorically “any offence.”
Bottom line this week: if you have been wronged… Get over
it! Focus on how you can make the team stronger!
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