Today begins Memorial Day Weekend. The start of the summer season. School is out and summer team sports are about to be in full swing.
Life wants us to participate. God is patiently waiting to see on which team we are going to play. He gives us the choice. In life, we can suit up and play on the world's team where everyday is about our wants and our desires. This team usually has several injuries all though the season. Some injuries occur during practice with its own teammates. Some of the injuries never fully heal and the scars are visible for life. A team where you may warm the bench or even worse get thrown into the game just to be used as a distraction to the other team; not because you are great at your position, but because your team feels you are not a threat. This is a team where your status is evaluated by your position. It is member vs. member each striving to achieve self recognition.
Or you can suit up and be an active member on God's team. A team where the members meet together to encourage each other. A team where everyone gets a chance to play and no one position is better than the other. A team where every member knows that they win in the end. A team in which the owner wants to share the profits with all the members.
As summer begins and teams are forming, practices are starting, positions are being filled, and uniforms are being passed out, just remember...Life wants you to participate but God wants you to be an active member of His team and joint heirs with all that He has as team owner. When the season is over you can be part of the winning photo and recall all the great plays of the "big game".
Investing in Eternity,
Jenny
