This is the time of the year, every basketball player is dinged a bit. They have aches and pains, ligaments that are stretched, bones that are sore, and they probably ache everywhere pretty much all of the time (KU is probably feeling it a little more this morning). It's then that they are asked to play their best.
Ministry is often the same...except that playing hurt doesn't mean playing through physical ailments (though it can)...but more through emotional or spiritual pain. Many in ministry are experts at it...that's what makes them so amazing to me. Many of them have ministered through unbelievable personal or congregational pain and thus set an example for many. Their role model was Jesus.
Hebrews 12:3 reads, "Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted."
It's true...much of the Christian life is lived through some sort of less-than-optimal state of being. We are to play anyway. If you are in pain today...emotional, spiritual, or physical...consider him.
Consider Him...
Consider Him...
Consider Him...And you will not grow weary or lose heart.
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