BBD 07.07.05 Things Can Change
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07.07.05
Things Can Change
(Originally sent 01.24.03)
Last night, I watched my beloved Sooners play Bobby Knight's Red Raiders
(basketball). If you watched the game, you know that it was very close.
Throughout the game, there was rarely more than a three-four point
difference in the score.
OU was ahead of Texas Tech for most of the game. They maintained their lead
until the game was almost over, but Tech did finally take the lead. There
was only four seconds left in the game and OU was down by two points. The
Sooners had possession of the basketball, but they had to travel the length
of the court and make the basket under pressure to send the game into
overtime. They had only four seconds to work a miracle.
I just knew my team was going to lose. I had lost my faith in them after
their tragic loss to.*Sniff*.the osu cowboys. I just knew that OU was going
to lose to a Texas team, which is actually worse than losing to OSU. I did
not believe that there was any way that the Sooners would end up with a
victory.
I could not have been more wrong. The Sooners moved the ball quickly down
the court and hit a jumper right before the buzzer to send the game into
overtime. OU took care of business during overtime and actually won the
game. (We now know that somehow there was an extra 1.7 seconds added in to
those final seconds barely giving OU the time needed to make the basket to
send the game into overtime. It has not yet been decided as to how the 1.7
seconds came into being.)
In life, things are not usually as bad as they seem. Sometimes we believe
that there is nothing that can be done to change our bad situation. Or we
think that our lives will never get better.
My friend, you never know what may happen next. Things may change for the
better in a moment's notice. If you have believed in Jesus Christ, God cares
about you and your life and your situation. When you believed, you became
one of God's special sons or daughters. God does care about you and when He
uses His mighty power on your behalf, things can change in the blink of an
eye. There is always hope if you know the Lord.
(Thinking of some Biblical examples of God intervening and doing the
impossible in the lives of people I thought of the following - there are
many more. The next time you are facing an impossible situation read through
these passages of Scripture.
- Joseph sold into slavery and unfairly put into prison. Genesis 37 -50.
- Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. Exodus 14.
- The Giant Goliath challenging the Israelites. 1 Samuel 17.
- The Jews during the time of Esther having a death sentence upon them. The
Book of Esther.
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. Daniel 3.
- Daniel protected from the lions while in the their den. Daniel 6.
- Jesus bringing Lazarus back to life. John 11.
- The apostles delivered from prison by an angel. Acts 5:17-20.)
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