How do I start this…what do I say…ok, today I feel defeated. Sometimes you give everything you have and it’s still not enough. Let me explain this through a true football game.
Last night was the end of the regular season for Colby High School Football. We were playing Goodland, a team west of us about 30 miles. THIS IS THE OHIO STATE MICHIGAN RIVALRY…
Our boys came out pumped! There was something special about last night. Last year we played in Goodland, freezing cold with 10 inches of snow on the ground, Carhart was King. This year it was different, it had gotten up to 68 degrees earlier, nice football weather with a breeze.
We kicked off to start the game…and we dot the ball back right away…fumble I think. We took it in to score!!! We had our way through the first quarter and keep it up going into halftime up 21 to 14. This was the year…We are going to the state playoffs…All we have to do is win.
The boys came out and controlled the tempo and the game…we started to roll the score up on them. Were up 33 to 14 with just about six minutes to go in the game…Were going to the playoffs!!! All we have to do is run the clock out…We fumbled on the five yard line…they do a couple of plays and put it into the end zone. 33 to 21. It happens again..33 to 27…extra point no good. It’s okay, were still up.
We run the play back to the 40. Ok…just run out the clock. We do handoff and reverse to a fumble…things are not going our way.
Goodland scores again to take the lead…now were losing 33 to34…we can still win with a field goal…And we turn the ball over again…Goodland punches it in and now has a lead of 41 to 33…we can still come back and send it into overtime…With just over a minute to go…we throw an interception…They run the clock out and we send Goodland to the playoffs…How is it that things can change in just 6 minutes?
Read that line again…How is it that things can change in just 6 minutes? This is how I feel about ministry today. We were cruising along…youth group is getting bigger, we have at least 25 kids every night, the church just bought a van…and now I feel defeated. I’m not going to say why…But that’s how I feel…I know that the devil is loving my attitude right now…And I know that God will watch over me and take care of me but right now I feel like a fly that is getting hit over and over with a flyswatter that won’t die. I’m still buzzing and someone keeps smacking me with the stupid flyswatter…I feel like I am laying there and asking them to keep doing it…Come on hit me one more time I can handle it.Where do you go…what do you do when you feel defeated? I’ve prayed constantly…it’s still there. I FEEL DEFEATED…………….
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Sorry Tim... It seems like everywhere I am turning lately someone I know is going through some kind of spiritual attack. (me included)I'll keep you in my prayers and your ministry.
How is Becky doing with only a few weeks left? Once you hold your little girl, words just cannot completely describe it!
I know how it feels to be defeated. A husband who is being hit, and wanting to drown his sorrows in video games. Hopefully, you can pull through this time of defeat. Soon there will be two people that need you at home.
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