Watching the Coach

1 Peter 1:13-16

Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you. (1 Pet. 1:13)

I AM A DIE-HARD football fan. Well, that's not exactly true. I'm a die-hard Bulldawgs fan, our local high school team. I haven't a clue about any other team. Every Friday night in the fall, my family and I watch the award-winning Bulldawgs compete. I am often amazed as those young men line up, ready for the next play. Their eyes aren't on the goal post or the quarterback or the other team's players. Instead, each and every head is turned toward the coach. Not a single player moves until the coach gives the nod. Then the play begins, each player doing his job, each player carrying out his role in the game, just as he's been instructed to do. If all goes well, the play results in a touchdown. Friends, we are players in this game called life, and God is our coach. He knows the game better than anyone, and we must be prepared to follow His directions. In all things, we must look to Him, wait for His instructions and listen to His commands. We must stay ready to act, ready, yet self-controlled as we wait for God to lead. Then, when He gives the nod, we must be diligent to follow out our orders, doing our parts as we work together, in obedience, toward the goal of becoming like Christ.

Renae Brumbaugh

Choose a situation in which you will watch and wait for God's direction.