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Colossians 3:23

How do you approach the sport in which you compete?  Is it just a game to you or is there more to it than that?  How do you practice?  Do you apply all you have and all that you are to improving your game or do you just try to get through practice and do what it takes to keep the coach off your back?  The Bible gives us some encouraging words about work and practice.

My favorite verse related to work is from Paul's letter to his friends at Colossae at chapter 3 and verse 23.  Here he says, “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for people.”  In your case this may be related to your chosen field of competition.  How should we approach these things?  Heartily, that is with all our hearts.

We might say that we should pour out our guts in pursuit of achieving excellence.  Give all that you are to doing the work that's before you.  Why?  Because ultimately we're serving God in this rather than just the coaching staff or our schools.

God is honored by our whole hearted pursuit of excellence in our work.  Let's honor Him today in the way we go about our work of competing and let's trust Him with the results.  Give all that you've got to your competition today.

Bible Reading Plan:

Mark 8:1-13

I Corinthians 13

Psalms 89:19-52

Judges 17-18