02.07
I love the Super Bowl. The hype, commercials, & gathering of friends makes it an incredible weekend. And if the game is close… that makes it almost perfect.
I’m fascinated by many aspects of the game, but the pressure on these players amazes me the most. Pressure gets into your head and can make the most gifted athlete look silly. I think it’s funny when someone tells an athlete, ‘Just relax!’ If it were that easy, do you really think most athletes would struggle with the pressure of the game?
That’s also true of life. We tell other people to ‘trust God’, but that’s easier said than done. Actually, it’s easy to say on the mountaintops, much harder in the valleys, and extremely difficult in the deserts.
That’s why people like Noah inspire me so much. Noah lived in a desert phase of life. Life was really tough for him. God looked throughout the earth and found only one person who had a heart for God. Talk about tough! Noah had ample reasons to throw in the towel, but he didn’t. Noah trusted God, even when the world was spinning out of control FAR WORSE than today.
Do two things for me this week: First, let Noah inspire you when you’re ready to throw in the towel. He really had it much worse than you; yet Noah “walked with God.” Second, post a blog. Tell us about a time when you struggled trusting God. Or, tell us the type of circumstances that make it most difficult for you to trust God. If God has taught you anything about those times, throw that in there, too.
I’ll be checking in to see what you share…
btw… I was right. The Packers shined last night. 
I’m in the rocky hills after the desert. That’s the place where everything that was wrong before is still wrong, but you feel better about it. It’s also where you realize that everything that was wrong with you is still wrong but you feel better about it. It’s also the place where you ask yourself if it was God or you who made the wrong turn that got us in this ridiculous desert just because neither one of you would get out and ask for directions. This is where you realize that you took the wheel from God because he wasn’t doing a good job of managing your life. Then you remember that you stopped the car and asked him politely to step out…that you would take it from here.
God is a gentleman, he will always get out of the car if you ask him. If you do, you had better be a better driver than I am. Otherwise, you’ll find that you miss his company and guidance and everpresent comfort and leadership. And then it’s a long, hard road to find the life you once had. You get accostomed to the wheel, and it’s harder to give up than you would like to admit. But it shows you why so many people are stumbling in the dark during the brightest part of the day. They’re just bad drivers doing it on their own.
Thanks for sharing, Kirk!