July 12, 2019
Greetings friends of Love For His People.
Five years ago on April 16, 2014, I wrote and shared this message. I believe it is even more important now as it was back then.
Read. Think About It. Again. Or for the first time.
Bless others as you walk this day. They need you.Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People ministry
Teams – It Takes Two or More
“In the Antioch congregation were
prophets and teachers — Bar-Nabba, Shim‘on (known as “the Black”), Lucius (from
Cyrene), Menachem (who had been brought up with Herod the governor) and Sha’ul.
One time when they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Ruach HaKodesh
said to them, “Set aside for me Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul for the work to which I
have called them.” After fasting and praying, they placed their hands on them
and sent them off. So these two, after they had been sent out by the Ruach
HaKodesh, went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.” Acts 13:1-4 CJB
Movies
get our attention as much or more than any other image we may see. They can
convey a message and impart a vision like no other media.
I
like movies. I like to sit in the theatre, watching the big screen, being captivated
by the action and emotion for that hour and a half, and then think about it
later, reliving some of that which I experienced.
Movies
have impact on people. That is why so many of us go to them or watch on TV and
on our iPads if we have one. They get us “out of here” and take us to a place
we may not have been before, or will never get to go to in this life.
Sports
can have that same emotional and lasting impact in our situations. We have our
favorite players and teams, whom we give ourselves to, sometimes with our whole
hearts. Growing up for me it was the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball team
that I cheered on. For my good wife Laurie, well, it was the Chicago Cubs. (I
will just leave it at that and continue to write on.)
When
you combine a good human life story with a sports theme, you really can have an
impact on people, producing an inspiring movie. I will always remember the
heart moving film Rudy, about the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football player, getting his one moment to
have his lifetime dream fulfilled. Both my Dad and I, and later my two sons, could
relate to much of what Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger grew up with, and desired.
Ruettiger's story was
told in that 1993 film, which starred actor Sean Astin in the title role as Rudy. The film was
written by Angelo Pizzo, directed by David Anspaugh and produced by Rob Fried, both of whom were
involved in Hoosiers. Ruettiger appeared in
a cameo as a fan behind
Rudy's father and brother during the final scene. Dad and I later met Rudy a
few years before Dad died of lymphoma cancer in July 2000. It had been a real
desire of his to do so.
Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger movie – 1975 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Most sports we cheer on
are of teams, where two or more players, whether men or women, combine their
skills, work together after much practice time, and compete against another
team for the joy of winning and the winning prize. They can achieve something
that those going at it alone will not. They accomplish victory together. If
they have tried doing it by themselves, it would not have been possible to get
it done. Two or more contending for the same goal indeed are better than one.
Teammates get it done.
In these last days, as
He did in the first century, I believe the Lord is forming teams to accomplish
His end time purposes. He is not wanting one man or one woman going at it alone,
knowing they will fall and fail. We have been created to live and work together
as a team, on a team. Something more, something greater happens when we do so,
rather than going at it alone.
Rudy
could not have had that moment of glory out there on the football field
battling against the opposing group of 11 players by himself. Because his
teammates were there and did their individual parts, he was able to fulfill his
dream, resulting in that dramatic action that made a good movie, and touched
lives for so many more years.
I
want to impact this world with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to
give myself to accomplishing the dreams He has placed in my heart, as part of
His eternal plan and purpose in the nations. I know you do too.
The
Lord is putting together His teams to get the job done. He is connecting bone
to bone, joints and ligaments, which will provide the means and support to
move, to go, whereby we will get the job done. As my wife and I connect with a
team, our gifts given to us to serve others with will be joined with those
having their gifts, which together as a team will change lives forever in the nations.
May
your heart’s purpose be to connect, to find those you are to team with, and as
one together fulfill the calling you and those you walk with will have in His wide
Kingdom realm. Be a team player.
Now
think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
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Now Think On This #142 “Teams – It Takes Two or More” by
Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (04.16.14) Wednesday at 5:30
am in Charlotte, NC.
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