I Want to be Drafted!

Today is one of my favorite days…it’s the NFL draft and being a fervent Washington Redskins fan, I get real eager to see who they will snag. This year they’re not picking until 53 because they traded there 1st pick to the Broncos last year for Jason Campbell. I am also in to the draft just because I am a major NFL and a college football fan. I am interested into seeing where some of the players that I watched in college that I really liked will wind up. I can only image what these guys must feel like on draft day. Some have worked so hard and have achieved so much for this day to play in the NFL. Some of these athletes have some real awesome exercise and eating disciplines to keep them in extreme shape. Because I am such a nut about football and the draft I got to thinking about my life and where my walk with the Lord was…and I wondered if there was a “Kingdom” draft for kingdom workers…where would I be drafted? I wonder how much emphasis I put on my conditioning for God’s Kingdom. I wonder how hard I am really working at loving God and loving what God loves. Am I really living up to the potential that God has given me or am I burying my talents? I wonder if I am just doing what I need to on the surface. I know over the years there have been college players who were hyped into being these “great” NFL stars and they turned out to be nothing but a bust. Sometimes I can be my worst enemy because I can con myself into believing my own hype when I am nothing but a bust because I am not doing what I can be doing. I know that God loves me and that He has a purpose for me…I believe that but sometimes I know it in my head and I don’t live from my heart. I am a work in progress and I can reach the potential that God has given me…I believe I just have to get out of His way and let Jesus come into my heart and mold me. Then maybe God will draft me to do His kingdom work because He now can use me because I let go and I am allowing Him to use me.

-Gravy JMM