Psalm 8
Two
weeks ago a record number of Ohio State University football players were
drafted by the National Football League. Each one is an elite athlete in his
own right. Each one exceled at the top of the college level and those that know
talent best, believe they will excel at the next level.
However,
not everybody that plays football has that kind of talent. In fact, most people
don’t. According to the NCAA website, of the total number of NCAA student
athletes playing football, only 1.9% will play professionally. Basketball is
even a smaller percentage.
These
are not very good odds. In fact, for the majority of high school athletes, they
could easily feel intimidated and overwhelmed. They could feel like a miniscule
nobody in an eternal universe of stars.
3 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the
moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is
mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” NIV
One
of the life lessons of being on a sports team is that every player
contributes; from the starters to the last player on the bench. The same is
true for us as believers in Christ. Every person has an important role to play.
Every person has God given talents that they are to use to share and build the
Kingdom of God.
5 “You have made them a little lower than the angels and
crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over
the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all
flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in
the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.” NIV
Because
God has created us in His image, we hold a position of great honor. He has
called us to serve Him with authority and responsibility.
In
the Parable of the talents, Jesus tells the story about the master who gave
talents to his three servants while he was away. To the two who invested their
talents, the master responded by saying, 23 “Well
done, good and faithful servant!” But to the third servant who hid his talent
he said, 26 “You wicked,
lazy servant.”
In
the world of following God, we are all elite athletes as long as we use the
talents He has given us. Will you be a responsible steward of your time, talent
and treasures? Will the Lord say to you on that day, “Well done, good and faithful servant”?
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