Listen to Your Coach
Theme of the Week: Whose Will Be Done?
Lane McGullion
Friday, January 26, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: "Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine" Luke 22:42). Bonus Reading: Matthew 26:36-46
With his 2006 British Open victory, Tiger Woods had amassed victories in 11 majors, second only to Jack Nicklaus's record of 18. This victory was particularly emotional for Tiger with the recent loss of his father. After his final putt he embraced his caddie and the tears fell freely. To become the world's best golfer, Tiger relied on his father as coach, mentor, and friend. But I'm sure, like any other kid, there were days when Tiger simply didn't want to practice. Then dad was there to keep him focused on the goal.
Our Savior had a similar experience in the Garden of Gethsemane. As He braced to shoulder the sins of the world, Jesus reached the limits of His humanity. He cried out to His Father, pleading for another solution. But the Father knew the ultimate goal. Jesus relied on His Father's perfect will and continued down the path to the cross, where He achieved an eternal victory.
Are you relying on your Father? Do you hear His voice in desperate times? "Don't give up," He whispers. "Victory is just around the corner. Keep walking with me, and we'll make it through this." Listen for the encouraging words of your Coach, and you'll be on your way to victory.
—Lane McGullion in Georgia
My Response: What might be required for God to keep me focused on His goal for me?
Thought to Apply: The basic decision, after all, is to let God be God, to say "yes" to the work of the Lord.
—LUKE TIMOTHY JOHNSON (monk turned theology prof)
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Lord, help me to accept your "good and pleasing, and perfect" will, even when that runs counter to my natural desires.
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