Every time I drive by Mile High Stadium, I look at it.  And I think:  “Man, I want to go into that stadium and WIN a football game.”

That elusive state championship.

The Ten Commandments

Commandment 2

Exodus 20  And God spoke all these words:  2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3  …… 

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

I cannot deny that that state championship, or that state championship trophy, or the idea that we were champions —- are not idols for me.

Nor can I deny that I haven’t been drawn in on other levels.

Perhaps money.

Perhaps a house or a property or ownership.

Perhaps power, or reputation, or fame.

But all of these can be bundled up and put in the exact same category:  They are objects of worship.  They can be made, in our minds, into IDOLS.

Back to football:

Having pursued championships all of my life, I can distinctly remember what someone told me after winning one.  They said there is a violent celebration and then it doesn’t take long for a new thought:

“What do I do now?”

And isn’t that the question?  “What Do We Do Now?”

As I listened to the song I attached to this blog on Sunday and Monday and today, it is a firm and steady reminder of what we truly need.  And three of the lines draw me in and convict EVERY time I sing them to God:

“I searched the world, but it couldn’t fill me”

“But You came along and put me back together”

“NOTHING is better than You”

Let’s not lie to ourselves or to God.  When we are not in the Spirit we can make things bigger than they are.  And when we make them bigger than they are—they become IDOLS.

But there is a point here.  

  • It isn’t to “live a life of DON’T”
  • It isn’t to show that God has a bunch of rules that we have to follow.
  • It isn’t to lather us in guilt or point us to the flesh.

The point is that we are not happy without the Lord.  We won’t find who we are or who we belong to.  

And if we don’t find and fight to belong to the Lord, we will be unfulfilled and broken.

We simply can’t make it without Him.

Ask His Spirit to fill you daily.

Fight to be in His presence.

Fight to forgive, to pray, to read His word.

Fight to give yourself a chance to be His son … or His daughter.

It is the only thing that truly matters.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J