Show Up
I was listening to an interview with a professional football player after a game recently. His team was not favored to win going in to the game but that did not stop the guys from bringing their "A" game and leaving it all on the field. And when the final seconds of the game ticked away...Tyreek Hill's team, the Dolphins, had won the game. Something Tyreek said in his post game interview caught my ear. When asked about the team's win, he said, "it all comes down to who prepared the best and who shows up to play".
Isn't that a lot like life?! Preparation can look like a lot of different things. Sometimes the biggest battles are fought and won in our mind. Preparing our body, mind and soul is extremely important. Running drills for whatever God is calling us to do professionally, personally, spiritually....ALL of that makes us better at what we do and who we are. But we can do all of that and still lose the fight...if we don't SHOW UP! We have to show up. When we face difficult things, we must show up. Even when we feel unprepared, we show up. Especially when we're fatigued, tired of fighting and feel like we can't make it...show. up!
When we show up...we bring the Light. The Light dispels the darkness. It illuminates the ones who are trying to take us down. It shines a beam on those who need us to show love. After all, that's what Jesus did for us. He showed up. 1 John 4:19 (NLT) brings it all down to this: "We love each other because He loved us first." Jesus showed up....and because He did...so can we.
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