Cats or The Cross?

With the madness of March finally over and time to sit back and reflect on my team of choice, Kentucky Wildcats, national championship season, I became very convicted. And then at a bible study on a Wednesday night I was challenged with the question of "what if...?"

I am not much of a deep thinker, or even much of a good thinker at all, in my personal opinion.  But for some reason I got on quite a thinking spree. And I began to write down very quickly my thoughts in my journal. So I thought I would share them on here with y'all.

"What if"... I were as passionate as about Christ as I am about UK basketball? 

This is a hard thought in itself to swallow. Read it again. But substitute your passion or even worse personal idol, in the place of UK basketball if you're not much of a sports fan. Now I am going to stick with my basketball analogy for the rest of this blog entry but it all fits the same mold. It is just some questions to ponder about.

I will be the first to tell you I am a UK Wildcats fan. And proud of it too. But are we always proud to be Christians? Or at times are we more timid and reserved? I wear my UK blue and people can tell I am a UK fan. But can people always tell I am a Christian?

UK-UL week at my work, Dick's Sporting Goods, was quite the rush, very similar to Black Friday times. So of course, everyone wants to talk basketball and I made sure most if not all customers knew I was a UK fan. But "what if" I had the mindset of telling everyone I come in contact about being on the Lord's team?

I really enjoy seeing a UL or Tennessee fan become a UK fan and wear a UK shirt! "What if" we tried our hardest to convert unbelievers to believers and see change in their lives and fruit being produced?

During the season, I can tell when the next UK game is and usually the next two or three there after. Though I can not tell you the day Christ will be returning only that He will be. "What if" we lived each day of our lives in anticipation of His return?

I really like to know and learn about UK basketball (history, players, coach, etc.) I follow many UK and college basketball analysts on Twitter and read many different articles quite often. "What if" I would pour as much time into the Word and wanting to know about Christianity as I did with UK and sports?

Every sports fan loves to attend sporting events and go to the games of their favorite team. "What if" we had the same desire to go overseas and spread the Gospel? Or even just to go and serve locally in an orphanage or homeless shelter, for example.

Finally, here is a little scenario to put this whole idea into perspective. 

If you were watching the UK and UL game and you were the only UK fan, you would definitely wear the colors of your team. And NEVER would you wear the colors of the opposing team. Now let's look at this with a Christian perspective. Let's say UL fans are unbelievers and the lone UK fan is the believer. "What if" we were just as bold in speaking what we know as Truth into the lives of these unbeliever like we would if this were a basketball game?