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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. |
