When one of you missed a serve or volleyed out of bounds, the rest of you were very quick to say, "Good try, girl, keep going!" That is what being a team player is all about. Did you know that as Chrisitans, we are supposed to be team players?
"Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
We are supposed to act on the Christian battlefield exactly as I saw you girls act on that volleyball court---unified and supportive of one another.
However, if you were on that court today, you also got a glimpse of what areas the Lord is seeking to change in our lives. There were some "hecklers" in the crowd, weren't there? And, though the boys were just teasing, it bothered us, didn't it? We quickly forgot the motivation for the game---to play to the best of our abilities and have fun together. In the same way, as Christians, we sometimes forget our motivation and at the first sign of a "heckler" (someone who teases or is mean-spirited about our faith), we throw up our hands in defeat.
Girls, there will always be people and circumstances that will provoke you. But, through Christ we can overcome the provocation to be a light for Jesus. Remember your motivation. We are to serve God with our whole hearts---even when it would be easier to treat people the way that they've treated us.
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 30
II Thessalonians 1
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