The Most Important Thing I've Learned...

One of the games loved playing as a kid was smear the... guy with the football. You might have known it by another name. Basically the football is thrown in the air and whoever catches it becomes the target to take down. It's all fun and games 'till someone loses a toe. Well, No one actually ever lost a toe, but it could be harmful to your health if you were a target on purpose.

I was that target a time or two. Talking trash like kids do, I could see the bigger kids getting mad. They pretty much made sure I was getting the football because they wanted to knock me into next week. I knew it too. But I was confident in my skills. I wasn't big by any means. I was actually referred to as a short toothpick quite often, but I knew I could run. Outrun the bigger kids trying to get my blood. It made them even more upset. I loved it. We had a blast.

The problem is when I got older I tried applying the same principles to my life situations. I was confident that I had what it takes in myself alone to be successful. I didn't need anyone's help or advice. No one knew more about life than me. I knew all there was to know about life... That is until I ran my life into the ground. Its been a great climb up though!

I have learned so much over the coarse of my life, the most important being that without God I am nothing. In John 15:5, Jesus says it plain as day, you can't do anything without Me. The only way to really live life is through the One who gives life. That's why it's so important that we have a laser beam focus on Jesus. He said "I am The Way, The Truth and The Life."

If your trying to find life, for everything life is, don't settle for your way, or a cheap imitation. Jesus is "The Way."