Super Bowl 2011 is now history. One team won and one team lost. In one city people danced in the streets and in one city the people turned off the lights and went to bed. In one city there will be a parade and in another city life will simply have to go on. One quarterback will be heading to Disney World and one quarterback will hope for another day.
And then there were those who said, “I don’t care about the Super Bowl since my (fill in the blank) lost.” Also, like one of my neighbors, the Super Bowl, like all football games from college on up is just an excuse to gather with his friends and consume large amounts of beer.
For winners and losers life continues. There will be those who will fly the flag of their winning team, as will some of those who support the losing team. Some will complain about some questionable referee calls while others will debate continuously during the off season the strategy of the plays called, the effectiveness of the preparation, and who were the better athletes.
The one thing that did strike me this year was the genuine appreciation that both teams and coaches had for each other. There were no trash talking and in one situation caught by the cameras the opposing coach congratulated a defensive player from the other team for an excellent play.
BUT … come the fall everyone will go back to square one and start all over again … trying to become winners instead of losers. Oh, the World Champions will glory in this their moment of fame, they will receive the Super Bowl ring and wear it with pride, they will walk a little taller and a little more swagger, but the bottom line is still there … in 2012 another team will be standing in the limelight to receive the cheers of the people.
Late in life, Paul declared in 2 Thessalonians 4:7, 8), "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness ..." His reward and ours in more precious than a Super Bowl win and will out last this diamond encrusted championship ring.
We are summoned to run the race of life as those who are champions; as those who know the outcome of the race before the race is over; with a confidence of a heart filled with joy; and a knowledge that we belong to a Kingdom team that has the largest fan basis in the universe … the full company of heaven!
Quote for today: A winner makes commitments; a loser makes promises. ~Source Unknown
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