Are You Ready for Some Football?

Yes, I am ready for some Pittsburgh Steeler football! It is time to pull out my gold and black Terrible Towel, curl up on the couch, and cheer on my favorite team. Alright, alright, I have a confession to make. If a Steeler game is not aired in my region of the country, I enjoy watching all of the professional teams.

It is hard to escape all of the football media hype announcing another season – 2014 team rosters are now established. How I love fall, temperatures dropping, leaves changing color and football. But I enjoy an excitement every day of the year, without any media or sermon fanfare, I feel within me an anticipation and hunger for each new season of service to my King.

What a time to be alive! As I read and re-read Matthew 24 and all of the reference passages, I sense that I am living in a season of great importance. Combining my studies of the prophetic scriptures and Jesus response to the disciple’s inquiry, Matthew 24: 3, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” His description of the signs of His return ring true to my spirit. The time is quickly approaching.

I ask myself, “Am I a cheerleader for Christ with as much energy as I wave my Terrible Towel for the Steelers?” “When I wear my #43 Troy Polamalu shirt to declare my approval of the safety’s prowess, am I also clothed with the character of my Father, revealing His place in my heart and life?”

Am I ready for some football? Yes. Even more, I say, “Come Lord Jesus, come.”