Courage
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is from David Thomas in his book Remember Why You Play. The author follows the Faith Christian Lions football team during the 2008 football season. Head coach Kris Hogan is the Christian head football coach. The Scripture is at the end of the excerpt.
What other people think about you really does not matter that much so long as you are doing what you know to be right. Hogan asked the players to contemplate the courage it takes to be a Christian. No great person has ever been with the crowd. They always walk against the flow.
A crowd is where a coward goes to hide, because he cannot stand up. You say, what does that have to do with Christianity? Think about some of the things you may consider hard. You might consider it hard to share your faith. Especially with your cool buddies around. You might think that is hard. That is not nearly as easy as grabbing a beer and fitting in and drinking.
It takes a lot more courage to be a Christian teenager than it does to be anything else on this planet. Because you guys are moral wimps most of the time-and I am talking about your age, not you. But teenagers are moral sissies. They just cannot-because of their need for approval, they just cannot look another person in the eye and say, I am not going to drink.
It is a man of God who can override any crowd. I value what God thinks about something more than your opinion of it.
Check your coward meter. Where do you rank? What are you willing to do? Are you willing to be different? Because if you will not be different, you will make no difference. It takes a lot of courage to be the man of God that you dream about being.
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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