Be A Winner

The World Series of baseball begins tonight. My team didn't make it. They wanted to be in the series and they worked hard to get to that point, but they fell short. Something was missing that kept them from their goal. The same is true of all the other teams that didn't make it. Regarding team sports Bobby Night said, "The key is not the "will to win" - everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. Somewhere along the line all the teams but two didn't do what was required to prepare to win.

The game of life is much like baseball in that respect. Every one of us want to win but we don't always have the will to do what is required to be a winner. The difference between baseball and life is that we can all be winners. Simply by making the choice to be prepared we are guaranteed a spot in the winner's circle. We are told in the Bible, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:1,2). All we need to do to be a winner is accept the gift of grace God has made available.

Having exercised our will to be a winner we can then enjoy the rest of the game and be an inspiration for others to consider joining us in the winner's circle. To willfully reject the opportunity to be a winner is to spend the rest of the game in misery, knowing that we cannot possibly win. Without the prospect of the World Series the excitement of baseball would be greatly diminished. Without the prospect of eternity with the Savior the purpose of life is gone. Accept God's grace and purpose for your life today and then share it with all those around you. We can all be winners.