Archive for February 27th, 2008

Have you ever been put in a situation where you didn’t know what to do and in the end you didn’t handle it like you thought you would of?    For instance let me give you an example, in high-school or college I always had friends that would talk big about how tough they were or how well they could fight.  But when it came down to it and something really went down they would generally be the guy hiding behind the largest object in the room.  You sometimes never know how you are going to react to a situation unless you are put in that situation and find out.   As we go through life there are some things that we plan for and that we train for but there is always a question in the back of our minds what would we do when it actually happens.  This very question is why the military and other organizations spend so much time training on the most elementary of concepts so that there is no thinking that is involved when a situation happens there is just reaction.  I can remember in college we were preparing for the second game of the college World Series and my pitching coach had us out on the mound fielding bunts and throwing to first.   Here we are the one of the top ranked teams in the nation we have only lost a couple of games all year and we are getting ready to start one of the biggest games of the year.  And our coach wasn’t talking strategy or going over the other team’s batters we were fielding bunts.  But what we didn’t necessarily know at the time is that the other team was a great bunting team, and he wanted us to be prepared so that we didn’t have to think when we saw a bunt we would just come off the mound and react. 

So let’s fast forward to today and think about what kind of situations we will be in and are we prepared?  Will we come across someone that is struggling?  We will come across someone that is hurting?  Will we come across someone that is searching?  The answer is absolutely yes!  Even if you work from home and do nothing but sit behind your desk all day at some point you are going to leave the house and have to interface with someone, and chances are that person falls into one of those categories.  The question now is are you going to be ready and will you react or will you just hide behind the largest object in the room?

I hope that as Christians we are anticipating and almost eager for any of those situations to cross our paths throughout the day.  We should be chomping at the bit to share what we have.  We should be absolutely oozing our faith and the love that Jesus has given us.  We also must be training each day to be prepared with scripture and a heart that is softened to seeing these situations.  We must train in God’s amazing love and grace so that we can be representative of His mercies.  I challenge not only myself but also all Christians to be more mindful of the people as well as the situations around them so that we do not miss the opportunities that God places before us. 

 God Bless ~ Tyler