This is the weekly email devotional of WhoUWith? Ministries
(2004)
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Did you see John Elway inducted into the
NFL Hall of Fame this weekend?
There was a day when many questioned if Elway
would make the Hall of Fame because he couldn’t win the “big
one” (Super Bowl). After several failed attempts, his Broncos finally beat
the Packers for Elway’s first taste of Super Bowl success.
What I always thought to be crazy was, before he
became a Super Bowl champion, folks would say that Elway was a good QB, but not
really a winner.
I never
understood…he held every record known to man for the QB position and
because of his team’s failure to win a Super Bowl, Elway was not a
winner?!
It reminded me of
something in God’s Word:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36
(KJV)
By
football’s standards, Elway had gained the whole world…but until he
won a Super Bowl he had not gained the label of “Champion”.
By the world’s standards, YOU
may have gained a whole lot…cars, money, big time job, family, starting
position on the team, fame, etc. But are you losing the “big one”?
Are you sacrificing your soul for immediate pleasures or perks?
What is most important to you? Gaining the whole
world…or gaining eternal security through a personal relationship with the
One who made the world! What the world has to offer will fade…it
won’t last. What Christ offers is everlasting. It is the peace of today
and the hope of tomorrow.
Whose Hall of Fame are you living for?
Just a thought!
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