I have been waiting for September forever! Why? Yes, cooler weather. Yes, I am a routine guy and September ends the zany summer schedule and replaces it with the more predicable schedule of school and wo
rk. But most of all, I love September because that means LSU and other football teams (Including my beloved Hoosiers) take to the glorious fields of competition to fill my Saturdays with joy. The sweat and toil of pre-camps and summer practices are ended in favor of some real games.
Not that those pre-camps and practices are unimportant. The fact is, if Jordan Jefferson, Rueben Randle, Patrick Peterson, and the rest of the LSU team have worked hard in practice, their games will be more successful, which will make our (us fans) Saturdays even better. We understand that there is a link between practice and performance.
What is true of football is also true of our spiritual growth and success. Recently our Sunday night Bible class was viewing a video series entitled, “Living With Confidence In A Chaotic World.” The series features Dr. David Jeremiah. In one of those lessons, Dr. Jeremiah encouraged us to stay consisted. He used an illustration about his son being a quarterback and how his son would practice “REPS” in preparing for games. He explained that REPS is short for repetitions. In football that means practicing the same throws, blocks, routes, and tackles over and over and over again. Do that in practice and you will be consistent in games.
Dr. Jeremiah’s point about REPS should not be missed by those of us who desire to grow in Christ. It takes us doing REPS to develop as good Christians. I asked the Sunday night class to put words to each of the letters in REPS that would describe a spiritual action that we should practice over and over and over again. There were many good suggestions, but here are the ones I liked the best:
The “R” stands for consistently Reading God’s Word.
The “E” stands for consistently Encouraging one another by attending worship and classes.
The “P” stands for consistently Praying.
The “S” stands for consistently Serving.
Good luck to those LSU Tigers! I hope that they have done their REPS. God bless you in your Christian growth, but it is up to us to practice our REPS.
Geaux Christians!
God Is Good so Be Good For His Glory!
Bro Mike
