My second ‘job’ is in
sports broadcasting. OK that sound way more legitimate than it really is. For
the last couple of years I have been lucky enough to get to broadcast the Hope
Bobcat High school football games for the local radio station. It’s not really
a job more like a hobby that someone else lets me do.
When I first got the
gig, I was terrified about how bad I would be. I tried to read up on any advice I could find
about calling football and made it a point to listen to as many radio and TV broadcasts
as I could to try and pick up anything to improve. It is one thing to hear a broadcast it is
another to try and do one! After two
seasons, I’m not sure if I have gotten any better but one strange thing I have
noticed is I’m a lot more critical of the announcers of any game. Now I pick up
more of the broadcast foibles, poor explanations, redundancy, errors those kinds
of things. Even in those at the top of business, I hear things being said and
think that’s not how it is supposed to be done. It’s not that I think I am better than any of
the professionals[i],
it’s just now I see the standard so much clearer and see how hard it really is.
I hear all the wrongs more clearly but I
can’t quite figure out how to do it any better.
I think the same
thing is true for people seeking morality and faith. Most people don’t take time to consider such things;
they just go along with what is being done. If however they are forced to make decision for
themselves, they find themselves like me; able to see what is wrong but not
then necessarily how to figure out to do it right. We see wrong, we don’t like it but how can we
figure out something better? Many religions
and philosophies are full of criticism and complaints but not many solutions
Here is where Jesus
is different. Jesus came not just to
convict us but to change us. Not just to show us our errors but to show us
something better.
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10
He doesn’t just deconstruct
our thinking or force us into a mold, He transforms our lives, give us a higher
standard, a better way (Romans 12:2). He
doesn’t just open our eyes to the flaws but gives us a way to change, to wipe
the slate clean and to become something better than we have ever been.
It is not just enough
to know I need to improve; I have to find a way to make it happen. And Jesus is that way!
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