Friday, April 15, 2011

UFC Rocks!

At first I hated the UFC because it was too brutal. I was a boxer when I was young and thought boxing was the best fighting sport. I was wrong. UFC is better. The fighters square off face to face and throw punches, elbows, kicks, flying knees and hammer fists. They ground and pound, strangle hold and apply the ol' arm bar. The fight normally ends with one of the contenders submitting by tapping out or being knocked unconscious. Ouch! Way tougher. It doesn't look easy. The fighters have more ability, more stamina and train much harder. Those fighters rock!
No doubt the UFC is tough.
No doubt life is tough. Especially as a Christian.

Life is filled with all kinds of pain: physical and emotional, spiritual and relational. There are medical scares, financial troubles and baggage from the past that continues to haunt us. Our children run astray and sometimes even God seems distant. 
In the midst of our struggle, God reminds us to come to him with our frustrations and hurts. To come to the corner and rest. He reminds us to cling to him, trust him and follow him. We pray but so often, the words we say feel like they go nowhere. We wonder if God even cares. We plead with him to no avail. We might even get fussy like Job and question him, disputing his plan.

We are wise when we get face to face with God and ask, "what do you want from me? How shall I continue with this heavy load?" His response will be something that sounds like, "I want you to keep fighting."

1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses."

Fighting (clinging to, trusting and following Christ) does not make life easier. In fact, it may even make life harder because we have to care about the things that he cares about. Ideals like generosity, serving, sacrifice, sharing the pain of others, the homeless, the outcast, the suffering, the broken and the lost.
Your cares increase, and in turn your time with him increases, which is right where he wants you to be.

Wrestling with God will always result in a better you, if you choose to submit to Him.

Difficult? Yes. 
Worth it? Yes.

Fighting rocks? Yes.

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