His Game
Plan is Perfect
My precious
Daddy died almost 30 years ago, yet memories of my 6 foot 4 inch hero are
perfectly clear. His love and patience
fill my mind and heart.
Daddy
coached the church softball team, and because I was the coach’s daughter, I was
the official scorekeeper. During those
hours in the dugout I watched firsthand as my Daddy demonstrated the tenderness
of Jesus. When tempers would occasionally
flare, Daddy took players aside and
explained the responsibility they assumed by wearing a uniform with the church
name displayed. That was the beginning
of my understanding of 2 Corinthians 3:2.
We are letters read by all men.
Daddy
modeled for me appropriate responses to my heavenly Father. He insisted that I be very detailed with the
scorebook and took time to teach me the rules of the game. He coached me with tenderness and consistency
through each phase of life, and because he believed in me, I was confident I
could do anything.
My heavenly
Father coaches me daily. When I feel pulled in many directions, I like to get
away to a quiet spot and talk to Him. Answers
don’t always come quickly, but as I walk in the confidence of His love, I find
that His game plan is perfect. I can
live with confidence in who I am in Christ.
I know Jesus has everything in control.
Perhaps you
did not have a father who modeled Christ’s love. Your heavenly Father is eager to love and nurture
you. Spending time reading God’s Word
will reveal His love letters to you.
I like the
way The Message describes Paul’s words to believers in Corinth.
2 Corinthians
3:1-3
Does it
sound like we're patting ourselves on the back, insisting on our credentials,
asserting our authority? Well, we're not. Neither do we need letters of
endorsement, either to you or from you. You yourselves are all the endorsement
we need. Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at
you. Christ himself wrote it — not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not
chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives — and we publish it.
(from THE
MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All
rights reserved.)
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