World Cup
Not a World Cup fan
15/07/10
Not a World Cup fan
IT IS FINISHED! The World Cup is over.
The World Cup is the most important competition in international football and is closely followed by nations all over the world. More than 160 national teams have competed to qualify as one of the 32 teams that took part in the finals in South Africa. Coverage of all the matches have been messing with my favourite scheduled programmes for weeks! If you are not a sport fan, has there been anything on TV for you in the last weeks?
Copyright Marcello Casal Jr./Agencia Brasil (This photograph is published under the Creative Commons License Attribution 2.5 Brazil)
Whether you are a fan or not you cannot have avoided hearing all the controversy over bad decisions both on and off the pitch. If we are honest we will admit that bad decisions do not only happen during football matches but are a fact of life. They come at us in different ways: The employer who acknowledges or promotes the wrong person, the teenager who blames everyone else for their own bad behaviour, the church member who always finds fault in everything the pastor does. The result is that sometimes you get a bad deal – you deserve credit, but credit doesn't come your way, thanks to someone else's bad judgment.
I am sure it has happened to you before, and it will certainly happen again. In this respect Jesus is without a doubt our perfect example. When wrongly judged we are encouraged not to lash out or lose heart. Instead we are called upon to keep doing what God has called us to do. We are encouraged to do our job with excellence, even when we have to deal with unfairness along the way.
Jesus also said, “it is finished”. His statement highlighted a great decision by God to stay involved and connected to the human race. When Jesus said, “it is finished” He was relieved over something far more than the end of the world cup. He was triumphantly announcing that a plan to reunite God and humans in a perfect, trouble free world had been completed. No more bad decisions, disappointments or mistakes. SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY - NO LOSERS - I like the sound of that!
(Thanks to my friend Bernie who influenced me with some of this blog)
IT IS FINISHED! The World Cup is over.
The World Cup is the most important competition in international football and is closely followed by nations all over the world. More than 160 national teams have competed to qualify as one of the 32 teams that took part in the finals in South Africa. Coverage of all the matches have been messing with my favourite scheduled programmes for weeks! If you are not a sport fan, has there been anything on TV for you in the last weeks?
Copyright Marcello Casal Jr./Agencia Brasil (This photograph is published under the Creative Commons License Attribution 2.5 Brazil)Whether you are a fan or not you cannot have avoided hearing all the controversy over bad decisions both on and off the pitch. If we are honest we will admit that bad decisions do not only happen during football matches but are a fact of life. They come at us in different ways: The employer who acknowledges or promotes the wrong person, the teenager who blames everyone else for their own bad behaviour, the church member who always finds fault in everything the pastor does. The result is that sometimes you get a bad deal – you deserve credit, but credit doesn't come your way, thanks to someone else's bad judgment.
I am sure it has happened to you before, and it will certainly happen again. In this respect Jesus is without a doubt our perfect example. When wrongly judged we are encouraged not to lash out or lose heart. Instead we are called upon to keep doing what God has called us to do. We are encouraged to do our job with excellence, even when we have to deal with unfairness along the way.
Jesus also said, “it is finished”. His statement highlighted a great decision by God to stay involved and connected to the human race. When Jesus said, “it is finished” He was relieved over something far more than the end of the world cup. He was triumphantly announcing that a plan to reunite God and humans in a perfect, trouble free world had been completed. No more bad decisions, disappointments or mistakes. SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY - NO LOSERS - I like the sound of that!
(Thanks to my friend Bernie who influenced me with some of this blog)