Saints in the Superbowl. Many thought it would never happen. On WWL, the New Orleans news station, once the winning field goal was made, the announcer proclaimed, “Hell has frozen over.” One newspaper called the dramatic win, “Divine Intervention.” With a name like “Saints” it’s inevitable that there will be “spiritual” references when the team is referenced. Some are light hearted; some completely irreverent.
I spent Sunday afternoon and evening watching the game with family, frantically texting those who were not physically present. Even Rosemary, my wife and self-proclaimed non-football fan, jumped off the coach and screamed when the last interception occurred. She was in the ladies room for the winning kick. Maybe she really still isn’t a fan.
But shouldn’t I have been in church? I wasn’t and I am sure I’m not the only one. I think OC’s words for today deserve consideration:
“As workers for God we have to learn to make room for God – to give God “elbow room.” We calculate and estimate, and say that this and that will happen, and we forget to make room for God to come in as He
chooses. Would we be surprised if God came into our meeting or into our preaching in a way we had never looked for Him to come? Do not look for God to come in any particular way, but look for Him. That is
the way to make room for Him. Expect Him to come, but do not expect Him only in a certain way. However much we may know God, the great lesson to learn is that at any minute He may break in. We are apt to
over look this element of surprise, yet God never works in any other way. All of a sudden God meets the life – “When it was the good pleasure of God. . .”
Are the Saints, “God’s Team?” No probably not. Did He “intervene” in the game? I don’t know. I don’t think so. But we need to get out of our little boxes. We need to be where the people are. Sadly, God isn’t always at the church building and sometimes He’s at a party.
Don’t make your God too small or too much in your image.
Sometimes you might just miss a blessing where you least expected it.
Go Saints… yes I mean the team…
Loosen up and
Be blessed.
Nick
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