What a series from Luka Doncic! I wrote about him a little bit last week as he was putting up huge numbers in their playoff series, which he continued to do in spite of the Dallas Mavericks eventually losing the series. But even in loss, there is huge praise following those hug numbers… even the coach and players from the other team are talking about how tough and good he is.
As a 21-yr-old young man, it would be very easy for Luka to go into the off-season feeling really good about himself and basking in the praise. Yet, the bottom lie for him is that he is in the off-season and not in round 2! I don’t know Doncic, and I am sure he probably has a bit of an ego… what young man wouldn’t get a bit of a swollen head with the basketball world singing his praises; BUT I do love the response he gave immediately after the series ended:
“There’s a lot of things to improve on. You can’t work on just one thing, you’ve got to work on everything. But I’ll especially work on my shooting. That’s my key.”
That response reminded me of a passage I in Galatians… one that is extremely fitting for a quarantine, when there is time to think (like the off-season.)
Galatians 6:3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Translation: in spite of a good performance, losing in round 1 was not the goal…
Galatians 6:4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Translation: you are responsible for you… take an honest look at your “game”!
We each need to regularly take inventory of where we can improve!
Disclaimer: the difference is we are not “performing to
win” but out of gratitude for the “performance” of Christ for our victory… we
should be motivated to share that truth with a lost world!
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