Athlete. Game plan. How we’re going to make it to the top.
Youth today idolizes sports stars, hoping to make it good in the footsteps of their idols. One of the most legendary athletes out there is Michael Jordan from the coastal plains of North Carolina.
Sure, we know of his outstanding success, a basketball player with a fearsome drive and appetite for success, but do we know the other Michael?
Read this quote from the sports-meister:
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
In high school, Jordan was cut from his school’s basketball team during his sophomore year.
Not good enough.
Not the sport for you.
Wait until you grow, kid, then we’ll think about it.
Even from the start, he had to overcome defeat. Yet, Jordan says it was those moments of failure, of humiliation, that drove him to find his success.
The Christian who struggles can find inspiration in Jordan’s outlook on life. Look to Proverbs 16:3.
“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
Jordan learned early on that success is getting back up and giving it another shot. When we stumble in our Christian walk, we’re not a failure. We’ve learned one more thing that will help us become a better Christian tomorrow.
Recommit to Christ. Renew your connection to him. Jesus wants you to find success in him. Take his hand and let him lead you along the way.
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