Sadly, my team did not make it to the Super bowl this year,
or any year for that matter and I don't plan on it making it any time soon.
I have been rooting for the same team since 7th grade. You
can say that I am a diehard fan. I worship this team, it means the world to me. Now I may have been
influenced to choose this team because part of my family roots for it also, but
as I got older it became my decision. I
choose to follow this team not just on game day but every day, though Sundays I
specifically set a part time.
For most of you Super bowl Sunday ends game season, but for me it's just another
day. My team does not stop fighting for the "trophy" on any specific
day. My team does not only play on Sundays, Mondays, or Thursdays, my team
plays every day. This team does not consist of only 11 players on a 120 yard
field, but of an army of players on a never ending field.
Every single day my team fights for my life and yours, and
every single day they win.
I'm not rooting for the Seahawks or Broncos this Sunday, but
this Sunday, along with every other day, I am rooting for my team, Jesus.
Jesus is the one that has already brought home the trophy.
It's not some fancy 7 pound one that costs $12,500, but it's one that lasts a
lifetime and is free to us. Jesus has given and fought for the trophy of
eternal life.
The Super bowl I root for is not the one that a majority of Americans are sitting on their
couches watching, but mine is of a different realm. This Super bowl does not
just last a few hours, but this one lasts lifetimes. It is not between the
Seahawks and the Broncos, but between God and His army of angels and Satan and
his demons.
" For our struggle is not
against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6:12
With American football teams you take a
gamble choosing which team to root for. They have bad games and good games and
there is no team that will ever fulfill your yearn to prosper. But the team of
Jesus always wins. He always prospers and He will win every battle thrown at Him.
Which is a lot more than you could say about any other team out there.
I never have to worry whether my team will
win our not because He promises me that He always will. And that is a promise this
world cannot and will not ever offer.
"But thanks be to God! He gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57
