Have you ever noticed how disappointing placing your faith in human beings can be? I confess that through the course of my life I have caught myself wrapping my hopes in various professional athletic teams.
When I attended Dallas Seminary, I got caught up in the Dallas Cowboys. I attended their Tuesday luncheons. I read every sports page about what was happening with the team. I knew everything about every player. I lived and died with the team.
Once they were in a crucial play-off game and, for some reason, the stadium hadn't sold out. When that happens, the game is not telecast in the city. Believe it or not, my long-suffering wife and I drove to Oklahoma and checked into a motel so we could watch the game from there. That's how committed I was!
But it got worse. In the early days of our family, I took my turn at cradling our small children. [My wife] finally made me quit holding them during football games because a couple of times I almost used them to throw a touchdown pass. I was really that wrapped up in the Cowboys! I followed them all the way to the summit… and then they lost! I was deeply depressed. Finally, of course, they won it all. But you know what? Their victory left me surprisingly empty. I was glad they won, but… what now?
It's so easy to get wrapped up in things that can never truly reward our fondest hopes. Of course, I'm not for a moment suggesting that we shouldn't put our hope and trust in one another, that we should not bond strongly with our families. But there is a hope beyond that -- and more important than that! That is the hope we place in the eternal God through His Son, Jesus Christ.
-- David Jeremiah in “Jesus' Final Warning”
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