Shoot With Your Eyes Closed!

It's a goooooooooooal..........................OK all girlie's don't click off .............this is not strictly a football blog just a good illustration.

They say to score a goal you need to keep your eyes open and on the target.......................

.......this should happen in a football match in fact it's the whole aim of it......to out score the opposition.

I'd like to say that if we kept our eyes shut more often and tried to shoot we'd probably score a lot more!

Let me explain

I had the privilege of listening to a guy called Chad Dedman who came over from the USA. He gave this wonderful illustration about prayer.

When we pray (Christianeese for a conversation with the God!) we need to have the attitude of a footballer.

Every time he/she shoots toward goal they never aim to miss but to score.

If you have ever watched a football match you'll realise that scoring though vital doesn't happen very often....................however it never stops each player trying.

I wonder if we had that attitude to prayer.........healing particularly.......... whether it would change how often and what we prayed.

We talk about faith ................maybe we need the faith of a top striker ............with the ball at their feet they aim, they shoot and they........................

miss by a mile or a millimetre but at the next opportunity, they aim, they shoot and they............

miss by a mile or a millimetre......maybe even hit the post.........but at the next opportunity they aim, they shoot and.................well you get the idea!.............at some point they score.....they were bought because the Manager knew they could score!!

I believe God NEVER gets fed up of us trying to score.

I wish He'd help direct the ball some times but that's my next blog!!

The picture I have is Jesus passing the ball and you receiving the ball and trying to score. There's an opposition trying to stop you but hey you're on the winning side....God promises you that! ( see 1Corinthians 15 vs 57 and 1John 5 vs 4)

He will continue to pass the ball to you.........it's all He ever wants to do...in fact He loves doing it, He sacrificed everything so He could!

Even though at times we want to walk off the pitch or substitute our selves He never ever calls us to come off..............We only come off when full time is called and after that......... its Heaven!

So..............lets aim to score and not to miss.......... put on your number 9 shirt (the centre forwards number) and wait for those balls to come flying across for you to head, shoot with any foot or any part of your body as long as your desire is to score....................I just know you will bust the net!!!