What's up dudes? me, i'm sittin here watching 300...getting absolutely fired up, and packing for a long season...hopefully longer than most. My topic today is inspired by a Bible study that i'm in right now. I'll will be writing of The Traits of a Legacy Builder and "What does it take to be the Real Deal"? Guys i came up with as examples right out of the shoot were athletes: Smoltz, Peavy, Jordan, Tiger. Then i thought of Godly real deals:Ravi Zacharia, Rick Warren, Billy Graham, and Joe Stowell.
Here are some of the traits of being defined as the REAL DEAL: unselfishness, servanthood, sacrifice. We are called to be unselfish players, and servant leaders on Gods team as well as ours. Real leaders lead the way by going first, by going further, and by giving maximal sacrifice. Just like Leonidas. Well...when you put it that way...guess who defined that best? Jesus Christ. He was the perfect servant leader.
Studs...are we making our teamates the most important on the team or are we making ourselves that way. God has given us an ultimate playbook called the Bible. He has given us a Mentor in Jesus and he has given us teamates and coaches that we can desciple and teach with our walk as Christian servant leaders.
So, sounds good...sounds easy...but heres the challenge. To lay aside our selfish ambition and needs and follow Him. Again, that sounds easy but to do this it takes total Trust in God. And in doing so we must not try to Control Him. Sometimes, most times actually, i think i'm in perfect control of everything...what an idiot. We must be obedient, and properly use the tools he has given us. He wants us to succeed to give Him glory on the best platform.
Instead of focusing on what we want...i wonder if its possible to focus on helping others. Is it possible to treat others just as Christ would treat them? It'll be hard thats for sure...but heres to trying and heres to the process.
-waino
PS.. we do that....and we'll be The Real Deal in Gods eyes...and that is all that matters.
3 comments:
That's good stuff...I would love to see a team transformed for the kingdom of God.
That's something I struggled with while I was still playing basketball...I was more concerned with taking people's minutes that I was with their eternal destinations...I regret that.
It's an awesome platform to be able to work o
**to be able to work on.
The Real Deal, yeeeeaah! I love thinking about if He is pleased with me, it pushes me to get better and to continue to pick up my cross and walk (Luke 9:23)
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