Sportszilla nation!

December 14, 2009 4given

America has quickly become land of the free and home of the sports addicts. I have only recently begun to realize just how much sports permeates and invades the typical American home and family. There are whole TV stations devoted to sports 24/7. There are tickers running at the bottom of our screens on various news stations with scores, stats, and the latest atheltes’ scandals. It has become increasingly disturbing to me especially when I its effects on my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

Our Christian youth know more athletes names than the names of Bible characters. They know more stats and scores than Bible verses. Christian adults rush out of church on Sunday to make it home in time for the “big game”.

Athletes are glorified by millions. Isn’t God the One who is to be glorified? Athletes feats are fleeting. God’s feats are eternal. Athletes abilities and skill are from the Master of all abilities and skills, the Creator of the universe, the only One who should be worshiped and adored = God Almighty!

To God be the glory, great things He has done! So loved He the world, that He gave us His Son, Who yielded His life an atonement for (our) sin, and opened the life gate that all may come in.