It's been so great to see the victory parades in Toronto lately.
They deserve to celebrate a big team win.
It's wonderful for a city to be able to party together and be excited about a team championship.
I admit I don't watch soccer and I have never seen a CFL game live.
It's funny though, when a team wins, you feel like you deserve to celebrate, even though you had nothing to do with the win.
People who only contributed to the team by sitting on a couch and eating chips and swigging beverages, feel like they came through a great struggle and overcame tremendous adversity to pull out the "W"!
Why do we feel that way?
We all love a win, but most of us have never done the things the players do in order to get the win.
Things like practice, get up early, eat right, get enough sleep, study the game and get in shape.
If WE were the ones doing those things, it would be all the more sweeter I would imagine.
Here's a spiritual thought about all that.
I'm hoping this gives you something to think about that will help you understand how amazing the gospel is.
I Corinthians 17:7 says this "God through Jesus has given us the victory..."
Victory over what? Sin, depression, hopelessness, loneliness, self-hatred, addictions to name a few.
Think about YOUR contribution to that victory.
ZERO!
You didn't even by a t-shirt!
We get Jesus victory. He did it.
We get undeserved credit.
What if everyone won the Stanley Cup?
You would say, it's not fair! Only the team that worked the hardest should hoist the mug!
It's an honor to lift the trophy in victory, all covered with blood, sweat and tears!
Here's the cool thing about what Jesus did...it's HIS sweat, his tears and his BLOOD that won Him the victory.
Then, according to that scripture, we get credit for the win.
WHAT?
I don't not deserve, you don't deserve it, but we get it anyway.
Our names get written on the cup, just as if we were on the team!
We should hoist the cup in victory to, but with a deep respect of the fact that we did nothing to deserve it!
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