Absolutely!Press pause. I'm not a Broncos fan. I don't know their current record. I'm not even sure if they are still winning... I just know they were and the big whoopty-do in the media was the question, "Is God helping Tim Tebow win football games?"
Yes! Absolutely. Please, God, help Tim win games.
Help me write a book. Help Tony teach math and be a pastor.
Help the father raise his children. Help the mother do her job to the best of her ability.
Help the pilot fly the plane. Help leaders lead. Help Obama be president.
God the Father is so kind a gracious He gives us gifts and duties, He maps out a destiny and He enables us to do the very thing He wants us to do.
So why wouldn't God help Tim Tebow win football games? He's gifted him. He's enabled him. He's called Tim to play football in this season. I'm sure it's part of Tebow's QB job duties to "win football games." Otherwise, the Broncos would have a different quarterback.
The difference, and why people get all offended by the idea that God helps Tebow, is that we don't think He's helping us.
Many years ago Tony said to the kids sitting in youth church, "I'm God's favorite."
I could physically feel the air in the room deplete as about forty kids sucked in a desperate gasp. What?! You're His favorite?
Because the immediate assumption is, "What about me? I'm not His favorite?"
Beloved, you are also His favorite! It's this kind of confidence that puts us on our own "football" fields and makes us winners.
Technically, Tebow is not the best quarterback. He has an odd throw -- kind of a pump-n-pass. So I hear. But the Lord loves Tim's heart when he gets out on the field and operates in complete confidence that he is doing exactly what God has called him to do. He taps into the love and favor of the Lord!
Same with me. When I write, I know I'm not the best writer out there. Not even close. The lack of awards on my shelf is proof. Yet I know the Lord is with me. I know He helps me write books. I know He gives me favor with the publishing community. Why? Because I'm doing what He's called me to do. And He loves that I lean into Him in the midst of my weakness.
But don't take my word for it. Let's check some Bible on this.
Psalm 90:17
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And confirm for us the work of our hands;Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
Confirm the work of our hands! To me, that sounds like winning. Succeeding. Taking those small steps forward... toward a goal.
1 Corinthians 2:9
“THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
Do you love Jesus? He's prepared amazing things for you! Tim Tebow loves Jesus, and from the outside, he appears to honor Him with his life on and off the field. Why would God NOT honor him with success in his calling?
And why not for you, too? Come on, now. Take off your mad, sad God hat.
John 10:10
Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
God is not the thief or destroyer, Satan is. Jesus is the one who gives life! Reach for life. Reach for His favor.
If you love Jesus, if He's your Lord and Savior, if you have the Holy Spirit, why would the Lord not give you every thing you need to life godly and righteous?
He does! He will. He already has!
So, if God is helping Tim Tebow win football games, what can He help you achieve?
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