Dave’s Monday Blast – April 10, 2017
Tony Romo announced last week that he will retire to become a television football commentator. He is arguably one of the NFL’s most successful quarterbacks. His first NFL appearance was in October of 2006. His debut was a bit questionable, as was his productivity throughout the remainder of that season. As he entered training camp at the start of his second year in the NFL, he was worried about making the team.
Having committed his life to Christ during his collegiate years, he signed with the Cowboys as a free agent. Recently he told Pastor Ed Young, “I was very stressed and emotional. I sat there and prayed at night, ‘Lord, if I’m meant to be an assistant golf club professional back in Wisconsin, I will enjoy that and be the best version of that I can be, but I am done making every single thing be the most important moment of my life. There’s no peace in that. I’m literally giving football to you…I’m going to play aggressively and leave it up to you. And I’m going to be at peace with whatever the outcome is’.”
Romo says that prayer changed everything. “That was the moment where I learned to play the game because I literally gave it up. He has control. And as long as He has control, I’m at peace.” One of the most effective quarterbacks of all time learned what we all need to remember: the world’s praise cannot give us peace. “Peace” is a “fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22), not of culture. That’s why God’s peace is such a powerful witness in these chaotic times.
Do you remember that bumper sticker popular a few years back…”Know God, know peace. No God, no peace.” The prophet said to the Lord, “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because He trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3).
It begs the question…are you experiencing His peace today? If not, I might suggest that your mind is not “stayed” on Him (Philippians 4:6 & 7). We must very INTENTIONALLY enter into His presence through prayer, the Word and by worship. Spend some time today reading and re-reading John 14:27.
