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Men of Integrity, July/Aug 2000
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Thursday, August 24
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New Manager for the Pitcher
Key Bible Verse: Cast
all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). Bonus Reading:
Psalm 139:1-12
I
read from the Bible that summer—searching but still struggling. I happened
across a verse that practically jumped off the page at me (today's Key Bible
Verse).
Wow! If God really cares
about my drinking problem, my messed-up marriage, and my lousy pitching, He
must really love me. That thought hit me hard.
On August 25, I woke up
thinking about that verse, asking myself, Why am I so reluctant to give God
control of my life? It wasn't as though I was doing such a great job. I'd
turned it into a terrible mess, while God had never made a mistake. What were
the odds He was going to make His first mistake on me? He could easily do better
with my life than I was doing.
I looked over at Christine
lying next to me in bed, awake. "I can't run from God anymore," I
told her. "If I wait til I'm good enough, it'll never happen. So He'll
just have to take me the way I am. I'm ready to give Jesus control of my life."
What I didn't know was
that Christine had reached a similar point in her spiritual struggle. She awoke
that morning and came to the same decision on her own. "Me, too,"
she said.
—Tim Burke in Major League Dad
Personal Challenge:
- How can the fact that God cares for you change
your life?
Thought to Apply: God
has charged Himself with full responsibility for our eternal happiness and stands
ready to take over management of our lives.
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—JOHN
NEWTON (slave
trader turned pastor, 18th century)
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Credits: Adapted from— Thursday: Major
League Dad (Focus on the Family, 1994)
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