“As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken Him.” 2 Chronicles 13:10
At this time of the year in Florida, the weather is HOT. ‘Up north, the weather is generally cooling off and there is a smell of fall in the air. Not here. The only thing we can relate to in September in Florida… is the hinges of hell! After a long summer, September is like a football pile-on as the temperature yesterday hit over 100 where I was…with 80 plus percent humidity! And there I was… sweating right in the middle of it.
I generally try to avoid the heat. But my kids were moving to another house and we needed to get stuff out of storage. No problem! The mission was established and weather was not going to be a factor. I had a towel and a big drink glass I kept filled. My sons used to talk about summer football practice, in pads, in this kind of heat. The only way to get through was to keep mind and body on the goal! I was thinking of that when I visited the bathroom.
O.K. this is weird… but God really wants me to tell you this! One of my boys told me about a pee chart on the football locker room wall. It had different colors of yellow with the question, “what color are you?” If your pee was deep yellow, it was an indicator that you weren’t drinking enough water. Lemon yellow simply proved you were “not a TEAM PLAYER!” Yes… I thought that was weird too! Until I gave it more thought! Looking at mine.. it was the color somewhere between Big Bird and Pumpkin pie!!! I immediately realized I was NOT keeping the goal in mind. If I didn’t take more in than I was sweating out… I was not going to achieve the goal.
Today is 911. Do you remember? What we THOUGHT was indestructible, lay in a pile of rubble. What had taken time to build was gone in minutes! People ran to Churches like they hadn’t in years. Prayers and petitions were sent to God as our nation realized its frailty. The heat of terrorism and our own vulnerability hit home causing our nation to sweat and seek answers.
We are in trouble! The clock on the wall is ticking and the thermometer is rising. People have not only left the church, they now deny God and are becoming violent against anything and anyone that is part of His team. God is calling us to pay attention, evaluate our lives and get with His program. To become a team player means reading his Word, getting together with His people and praying for His direction. There is no other way to say it… when it comes to following God… yourIN or yourOUT!
Whose team are YOU on?
