Charger Nation,
I want to congratulate our middle school team for winning 26-20 last
night. It was a very exciting game won in the last minute of the
game. Our JV took the field after them and won 30-0. It’s always
good and fun to win. These coaches and players are putting a lot into
winning Monday through Wednesday at practice and I think this is making all the
difference.
I am looking forward to tonight’s game, especially after a week off.
Tonight we play Hart County. Everyone always asks me where are they
located. Hart County is right at the Georgia/South Carolina boarder on
your way to Clemson. I could be wrong but it has to be near Lake
Hartwell. They have a long tradition of success in the class AAA
division. They tied Elbert County (a AAA semifinalist team last year) in
their first game and then got beat pretty good verse a very big program from
South Carolina. The best player they have is #1 their qb. He got hurt vs
Elbert early and didn’t play in their second game. I have no idea if he
is playing tonight. He makes them different and we prepared as if he was
playing.
Tonight we will be giving shirts out to our TD members that have a War Horse on
them and say FULLY CHARGED. In history, a Charger is a War Horse. I
think the San Diego Chargers made it a lightning bolt, which we have adopted
and copied. I like the lightning bolt and theme of a storm and Bolt Up
and stuff like this. But I also love the idea of our boys adopting the
mentality of War Horse.
The purpose of a War Horse (Charger) is clearly identified in scripture.
Job is a book about suffering. Job, a man who had it all and was a firm
believer in God, was allowed by God to be tested and see if he would deny God
if all was taken from him. All things—his family, his wealth, his
status—all of it was taken from him to see if he would deny God. He
didn’t know he was being tested to see if he would deny God, all he knew is he
lost everything. Job gives us a behind the scenes look into what was
going on between God and Satan as Job is suffering. Job doesn’t see
this. Satan said Job would deny God and only loved God because of the
abundance God had given him. God said Job would be faithful to him if he
took everything away. God allows Satan to take Job’s family, money, power
and health. God has a purpose—he is proving that Job’s faith is genuine.
Job can’t see it but remaining faithful in the midst of suffering brought
glory to God.
As
Job is suffering and deliberating back and forth with God, God begins to reveal
to Job why he should not question God but have full and complete trust in
God. God uses the War Horse and how he has created him as an example of
his omnipotent power:
-------FULLY CHARGED-----
“Do you give the
horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrifying.
He paws in the valley and exults in his strength;
he goes out to meet the weapons.
He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
Upon him rattle the quiver,
the flashing spear, and the javelin.
With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
When the trumpet sounds, he says ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. -Job 39:19-25
I could read that to our football team 100 times hoping they adopt that mindset
of a War Horse. I hope I cant adopt this mindset. I love that
picture of the War Horse. He runs to war. He has no fear. He
attacks without hesitation. The thought of failing never enters into his
mind. As all this is running through my mind, I have something else that
jumps out at me: God made the horse this way.
We live in an age where everyone tells us that everything has evolved over
millions of years. The world tells us there is no God and, therefore, no
Creator. Nothing has a purpose and things have just happened over all
this time. Here God is speaking clearly against this thought
process. He has made everything with a very specific purpose, even the
War Horse.
This world did just not
happen. This is one of Satan’s greatest lies to man. We are fools
to believe this lie. How does the eye see? How does the heart
beat? How does the body breath? How does the nose smell? How
does the ear hear? How does the tongue taste? How does the body
repair itself? How does life even begin in the first place? Why
does the War Horse run to battle with no reservation? I could go on and
on--Just think about these things and you will see the hand of an Almighty and
Powerful God. Keep pondering over it and you will find Jesus Christ—the
Author or Life and Savior of Man. Do not blindly believe what this world
is telling us. It is a lie and will lead us to destruction.
So Chargers, as you see shirts that have a War Horse on them, may we all have
two thoughts as we see this: 1.) We hope our boys play the game of football and
live a life with the mindset of the War Horse [FULLY CHARGED]; and 2.) The War
Horse is a great example of God’s intentional hand in Creation. Do not be
deceived by the lies of Satan and this world that everything just is and there
is no reason for anything. You and your son do not just exist and then
die. You didn’t just evolve. What a lie!!! You were created
for a very specific purpose and your soul is eternal. Find Christ and you
will find your purpose. Find Christ and you will find everlasting life
for your soul and your sons soul
but the victory belongs to the LORD. –Proverbs 21:31
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