BBD 07.28.16 Pokémon Go and Becoming the Best (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1765th
Burning Bush Devotional
28 July 2016
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus. –
Philippians 3:14 NKJV.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you. – Matthew 6:33 NKJV.
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming
the time, because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:15 NKJV.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith. – 2
Timothy 4:7 NKJV.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not
need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. – 2 Timothy
2:15 NKJV.
Tom Currie in New Zealand is on a mission, a Pokémon Go
mission to become the best Pokémon Go hunter in the world. Tom is 24-years-old,
and before becoming a full-time Pokémon Go hunter he worked at the Hibiscus Coast
restaurant in Auckland. Tom has tendered his resignation to the Hibiscus Coast
café to dedicate the next two months to Pokémon hunting. He plans to travel by
bus all over the country to capture these Pokémons. So far Tom has captured 90
of the 151 Pokémon creatures that are possible to be caught. Currie says, “I wanted to have an adventure. I have been working for
six years and I was desperate for a break. And Pokémon gave me the chance to
live that dream.” (Newshub
07.15.16; The Guardian 07.15.16)
Are you living the dream? Are you the best that you can
be? You have to admire anyone who gives everything they have to be the best
they can be at something. Do you have a dream? Are you the best that you can
be? Those I think are good questions to ask ourselves, but as Christians we
should always include God in the equation. Does our dream include God, is it
something that will bring honor and glory to God? If we are the very best at
something, is that something God will be pleased to see demonstrated in our
lives?
A starting point for any God honoring dream should
include Matthew 6:33 because we can never really be the best that we can
be if we leave God out of our lives. In Philippians 3, we have a statement which is helpful in
understanding this: “But what
things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I
also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as
rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own
righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through
faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may
know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed to His death (Philippians 3:7-10 NKJV).”
If we leave God out of our quest to become the best we
can be all we will have accomplished will just be a pile of garbage. Without
God, a dream is worthless. Let us “press
toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Let us fight the good fight while keeping the faith
and redeeming the time; being diligent workers not ashamed who are approved by
God. May we truly be the best that we can be finishing the race, not giving up,
even to the very end of our walk here upon this world.
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