Get In The Game

It’s Olympic game time again!  Whoohoo, I say!  It’s a real challenge watching both the Braves and the Olympics, but that “recall” feature on the remote is pretty handy indeed.  Yeah, buddy! 

What is spiritual oxygen to the Believer?  For me, it is God’s Word!  It seems my feet so sooner touch ground each day that Satan is doggin’ me about something.  These are the times when Psalm 119:11 is so real – “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”  Scripture, tucked away in the hidden parts of the heart, is what puts Believers “in the game.”  Without God’s words and the power of the Holy Spirit to defend us and conquer the fiery darts of Satan (Ephesians 6:16), we falter and [in truth] we’re not even contenders!  Olympic athletes must do well in qualifying events before they can compete for the prized Gold Medal.  God’s Holy Word qualifies us for battle and when we feel spiritually faint, like the Psalmist, we “hope in Thy Word.” (119:81)  Don’t take a seat on or hide beneath the bleachers of defeat.  No!  Get in The Word – read it, meditate on it, pray it, take it with you everywhere you go, then in the grace and power of Jesus Christ … GET IN THE GAME!