You Better Believe It!

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Many sports commentators found themselves last night having to eat big slices of humble pie.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan, my Christmas gift from my wife was two terrible towels!!!!  I’m also a brother and big supporter of Tim Tebow’s.  I know that scripture tells us that if you believe in Christ and stand up for Him you will be rewarded in Heaven, but persecuted down here.  The great thing about this story is that Tim Tebow has continued to stay humble and lift up his Savior and just continues to do miraculous things on the field.  To be honest, it’s fun to watch God have a little fun with doubters!  I’ve never believed that Tebow is a great classic NFL quarterback, but he is a winner, with as much determination and drive as anyone in the game.  Can his style of play survive in a pass happy, in-the-pocket NFL?  Only time will tell, but for now it sure is fun to see the detractors have to eat their words.  What bothers me from a spiritual perspective is that some of the detractors are not driven by thoughts on football technique, but resentment about his witness.  I am not foolish enough to to think this will not happen, it has in fact been promised.  For believers, especially those that stand up for Him, it’s coming, expect it!  I understand after years of witnessing to the lost, many simply don’t want to hear it!  They are lost with out hope, yet they don’t even want to hear the name Jesus. So great is the enemies deception.  But we must press on and reach as many as we can before His return.

So God is allowing Tim great success, it’s a wonderful public example of how much He loves His children.  I believe that Tim Tebow is doing what he does as “unto the Lord”, it’s just that simple,  as Tim said in his opening remarks in the post game interview, “Thank You Lord!”  enough said, Tim, enough said!

the pilgrim

Postscript:  Just turned on ESPN to catch up on tonight’s big BCS Championship Game, they were still reporting on Denver’s big win, the announcer said, “by the way, last night Tebow’s numbers; passing yards “316”,  ten passes for an average of 31.6 yards per throw!, you can’t make this stuff up!“