Bragging Rights

Good Morning!! Way to go Gamecocks, the better team definitely won Saturday. You have 362 days of bragging rights left until the next face-off, so enjoy.

Now let me start out by saying that I don't really like braggers nor do I consider myself a person who enjoys bragging. But, after yesterday's message and the Sunday School lesson, it appears we, as Christians, have some bragging rights. In Websters dictionary the word Brag, means to boast; and the word Boast, means to speak proudly of. We are to brag about what Jesus has done for us and how he can do it to our lost friends.

We get all excited about the face off of two teams playing a game that has no eternal value whatsoever. What if 83,000 people showed at church next Sunday with that same intensity to see what God had to say? What if people really cared about the people around them the way God cares for us? What if we boasted about and quoted from memory scripture about our wonderful savior, the way we can quote from memory the number of yards Carolina rushed on Clemson, or the record of the two teams, or the lyrics from your favorite song, etc.

We put so much value on worldly things and forget about the things that really matter. I am just as guilty of this as you are, and I will admit that I get caught up in everything possible to take me away from where I need to be in my walk. I'm not saying that caring about football is bad, because I enjoy it as well. I just wanted to use this to make a point this morning, that we have the right to "speak proudly of Jesus". We are called to go out into the world and be witnesses. This is the last thing Jesus told the disciples before he ascended into Heaven.

18 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you: 19 Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 20 Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
Matt 28:18-20 (MSG)

That just about sums it up. Have a Blessed Day!!!