STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

Count off one two, one two, one two. Remember those days when your gym teacher would tell your PYS ED. Class count off one two? I liked that better than choosing two team captains. I don’t know about you but I was always the one that was picked last. It was very degrading as the self proclaimed captain would choose all around you and even pick the girls instead of you. For a guy that was traumatic! Most of the time you would be chosen by your skill level, but there were times it just came down to who your friends were. I guess I liked the fact that if the teacher made us count off one two, one two, at least I would be picked.
In God’s kingdom it is different. We choose to be on His team. We can’t be good enough. We can’t impress Him with our skill because He knows that it will not be enough. If we want to be counted in His number it won’t be one two, one two” It will be following Christ no matter what. When we do follow we find that it is over some rough road sometimes. Sometimes we suffer and sometimes that suffering doesn’t go away for a long time. But when it is all done we can be counted in that number. 2 Thes 1:3-12…