So my favourite team won the Kenyan football derby. That doesn’t mean that we are going to win the Kenyan premier league, but beating the rival team was just as satisfying. I know I have been writing about football a lot lately, but it has been a focal part of my life growing up and the last few weeks have been full of the game for me. So now I get to brag to all my friends from the rival team, and it will be quite a number of weeks before they get the chance to redeem themselves, and woe unto them if we beat them again.
What is it about sports that makes even the sanest of men (and women) go crazy? It is not unusual these days for someone who lives a relatively simple lifestyle to spend vast amounts, in comparison to his income, to follow his favourite team?
As Christians, we have bragging rights too. Jesus Christ won the fight for us. By His resurrection, He confirmed His power over death, hell and the grave and we who believe in Him are assured of His return some day. True, we still have to live this life, in this world and to influence this world on His behalf, but not in His absence, for He ever lives to make intercession for us. He didn’t leave us alone, but sent us the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, who shows us how to live and is the integral part of our walk with Him on this world.
Sometimes, life beats us down but we hold on knowing that it will get better in the end. We continually realize that the life that awaits us far outweighs the pain we must endure for the moment. Sometimes we, like the Apostle Paul, feel that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, and we wish this. However, we realize that it is also important that we remain for a while on this side of heaven, if only to be agents of change and a source of hope to a world running scared and amok like a headless chicken. Stay the course, influence your environment, and reach the world for Jesus, one person at a time. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Blessed week.
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