December 20. 2021 - MAKE A STRAIGHT CUT TO THE GOAL and HURRY!

I have written/taught many times over the years about the idea of efficiency… no wasted movement on the court… i.e.:

·         On defense bust your butt to where the offensive player is going and claim the real estate, instead of chasing him…

·         On offense make straight cuts to the basket… no banana cuts…

·         When dribbling, do just enough to find a lane and then make a straight cut to the goal… overdribbling simply closes lanes…

I’m not going to spend a lot of time on the athletic examples here… just a phrase I used… “Make A Straight Cut To The Goal!”

In Luke chapter 2 we see the story of the birth of Christ… and most, maybe all that are reading this, have head the story of the promised Messiah’s birth as the Savior! And if you haven’t accepted the gift of the Savior, I urge you to do what the shepherds did upon hearing this story…

15 When the angles had gone away from them to heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “let us GO STRAIGHT to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 So they came IN A HURRY… (NASB)

Make a straight cut to the goal… the goal of salvation… and peace that is found only in Jesus! The Scripture goes on to record that the shepherds then made the message known to others…

I love a recent meme I saw on one of the social network platforms… it emphasized the core message of the promise of why Christ came… it was from Isaiah’s prophecy (chapter 9):

6 FOR unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is GIVEN…

FORGIVEN – what a glorious prophecy and promise! Receive it and share it! And “HURRY”!