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Football Fever

Jason Budd

        In the midst of football season, it is very easy for us to find ourselves taking glory in the loss of one team under the craft and devices of another.  It is exciting to know that because one team has failed to achieve victory, another may very well be profited.  This is the case because rarely is it the victorious team's success that we're so grateful for, but it is the demise of the other.
        While I understand that it's the design of the ranking system that brings about such emotions, I can't help but contrast it to the spiritual charge that we've been given.  Often we take the faults and failures of others as a mark on our charts of success.  Somehow, sometimes, we are able to see their mistakes as a veil for our shortcomings, as if God sorts his "good" list by fewest mistakes.
        We need to realize that no good comes from indecently focusing on the sins of others (Matthew 7:3), but that justification comes from doing the will of our Father in heaven (Matthew 7:21).  Never will slips of a sinner anchor us to gates of heaven, nor will the stumbling of a brother stand us tall in the ranks of God's army.
        The only good that comes from another's error is the chance to introduce him to the redemptive grace of God.  Let us all strive daily in these efforts.

 

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