Sunday, May 27, 2012

Read Psalms 124:8  There are 9 men on a baseball team and all of them are important.  Sometimes the players play defense - they try to keep the other team from scoring runs.  The pitcher needs to strike out the batters and the fielders need to catch the ball and throw the runners out.  But in order to win, the players have to play offense - they need score runs when it is their turn to bat.  When it is getting late into the game everyone gets nervous.  The team doesn't have much time left to score runs.  As the game gets closer and closer to the last inning, the pressure is on the players to score a run in order to win.  But as the pressure builds, some players can't take it as well as other players.  It is interesting that as the game gets closer and closer to the end and the team gets more and more nervous about winning, some players get scared but other players get excited.  Some players can't handle everyone yelling at them with the entire game ridding on each pitch.  But there are some players who actually like the pressure.  Some players can handle the pressure and even enjoy the pressure of winning or losing with each pitch of the ball.  Coaches call these players a go to player.  That means that when things are difficult and so much is at stake, the manager can go to them and they will not let him down. The manager can go to them and they will be confident and carry the team on to victory.  That is the way God is.  We can always count on Him.  He never gets worried; He never gets nervous; He is never scared.  We can trust in the Lord - He is always our help.

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