As we take a break from the action on the field I want to
look at a man that made a real difference this football season. He didn’t get
his team to the Super bowl but he got his Lord and Savior talked about every
week.
Every week, Tebow would pick out someone who is
suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured. He flew these people and their
families to the Broncos game, rented them a car, put them up in a nice hotel,
bought them dinner (usually at a Dave & Buster's), gave them and their
families pregame passes, visited with them just before kickoff , gave them
30-yard-line tickets down low, visited with them after the game (sometimes for
an hour), then would walk with them to their car, and sent them off with a
basket of gifts.
He did this Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.
After Tebow stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an
80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs and Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets
about Tebow per second. When an ESPN
poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old
Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
Even though John 3:16 the Bible verse that Tim Tebow once
painted in tiny script onto his eye black until the National Football League
barred all such personal messages. John 3:16 showed up in a mighty way.
On that day Tim Tebow nonetheless delivered that Biblical
message to the masses Sunday during an overtime victory against the Pittsburgh
Steelers. The score was 29-23. But the game was significant for other game-time
numbers: He passed for 316 yards, and set an NFL playoff record with 31.6 yards
per completion. Time of Possession 31 Minutes 6 Seconds… And the
Broncos-Steelers OT Scored a 31.6 Television Rating.
As Christians, John 3:16, is our single most important
verse in the Bible. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal
life."
Immediately following the win in Pittsburgh, John 3:16
was the most Googled searched term for much of Sunday evening and into Monday
morning.
Oddly enough, Tebow himself did not seem to make a
connection between his game stats and the Bible verse that he used to paint in
white under his eye. But sports fans and non-sports fans alike tried to make
sense of the statistical coincidences and took time to brush up on the Bible.
But he did praise the Lord, just as he has done
throughout his career, a practice that has gained him plenty of fans and
critics. "First and foremost I just want to thank my Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. He’s done so much in my life," Tebow said to the media after
the game.
Although he can no longer paint John 3:16 on his game
face, he did open the door for Focus on the Family to run a TV ad the very next
week featuring children explaining John 3:16. Because Tim Tebow is consistent
with his faith over 50 million people saw John 3:16 on National Television. As
much as Tim wants to win football games Im sure that he was smiling knowing
that God’s love was be proclaimed on TV for all to see.
Tim Tebow is a thankful person. From the time of his
birth, a birth doctors suggested should have never happened due to medical
concerns for his mother, to his amazing “odds” defying the critics that said he
could never make it in the NFL, Tim Tebow has seen firsthand what faith in
Jesus Christ combined with his own hard work and dedication can do. His heart
is filled with gratitude to the One who has been with his family every step of
the way. Out of his gratitude to God, he gives thanks.
The challenge tonight is to work hard and do your very
best in everything you do and always give God the glory for all He does for
you.
Dear Lord we pray that today we would make it our goal to
always do our very best, give it our all and Always give You the glory and
honor no matter the results.
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