Reading: II Timothy 3:16-17, 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
It’s amazing how times have changed to a certain degree. Nowadays, it is typical to see a football coach with a one page playbook in hand with which he covers his mouth to talk to the guys up in the sound booth or to call out the plays into the headset; a slight change over time from barking out the plays from the sidelines in the good-old-days. Even the days when the quarterback would have a rather large wristband with the plays subscribed within it on a card, seems to be fading to the high-tech. Either way, they are ways that football has found ways of using their playbook more efficiently. These plays and playbooks are studied and practiced, and studied and practiced. They would know them inside and out. Also, they would try to find out the plays and playbooks of the opponents to study those as well. It would cause them to be ready for the game.
Men, we have been given a playbook as well. And, whether we view it that way or not… every day is game day in the sport of the Christian life. Our playbook is “God-breathed”… “God-breathed”!!! Do you study the playbook? Can you imagine if any football player treated their playbook like we sometimes treat the Bible? I can just picture it… “They line up for the snap, on the 50 yard line and… wait… wait a minute… the receiver seems to be confused… and… what does he have in his hands… he’s not even paying attention… they hiked the ball… the receiver’s still standing there… is that the playbook in his hands? Wow… he’s not going to be in the game long.” The Bible is here for you today to equip you; and the plays?… they’ve been given by God.
How can you treat the Bible as your playbook to study and practice today?
REVIEW
What plays did you study today and how did you practice them?
How did this impact your perception of the Bible and its use in your life?
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