In the overtime of the Pittsburgh Steeler/Buffalo Bill game yesterday, one of the young players had an opportunity to make a game winning pass in the end zone. He was wide open, the pass was right on target, and he was at least 5 feet away from any defender.
The young receiver dropped the ball and the series of plays ended. Even though the Steelers went on to win the game, the disconsolate young man was seen sitting in the stadium for several minutes following that event.
Yesterday he was quoted as “being angry at God” who he said he “followed 24-7” and this is what happened to him. “How can anything good come out of this?”
First, I want to commend the young man for having the guts to acknowledge his frustration with trying to be someone who trusts God and yet doesn’t see things work out the way he wished they would. Second, however, he joins the ranks of all the rest of us who have discovered that trusting God does not mean that things go the way we believe they should!
More often than not, I find myself trying to explain to people how the Lord takes even apparent failures and turns them into something for good in His time and according to His purpose. Those are the two key items that this young athlete will have to process and eventually accept. In the meantime, I guess I’m savoring the win, but also feeling compassion for this young, but naïve, Christ follower.
Blessings,
Pastor Jay
Very well said Pastor Jay!
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