03/26/21 FOLLOW THE LEADER #1 (1 Sam.14:6-23) [ NOTES from a recent message of mine ]

FOLLOW THE LEADER—A Children’s Game: Do Exactly as the Leader Does OR You’re OUT of the Game! But what we’re talking about here today is DEFINITELY NOT A GAME!

With Covid, Civil Unrest and Violence, “Cancel Culture,” Brutal Cold and so on, we’ve been reminded just how WEAK we are, We are DEFINITELY NOT IN CONTROL! It sure seems like NEARLY EVERYTHING is BROKEN—our Government, Justice, Economy, Agriculture, Environment, Air, Water, Schools, Medicine, Science, Businesses, Families, Marriages, our Way of Life and EVEN OUR CHURCHES seem to be IN SHAMBLES! You name it, OUR SIN has broken it, seemingly beyond fixing! WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Eons ago my Richmond, VA HS Football team was UNDEFEATED, State Champions… The Fourth Quarter was OUR Quarter; NOT Tired; NEVER Knelt, Drank Water, or Unbuckled Our Chin Straps. “Fourth Quarter!”—a CHALLENGE for OUR Team and a WARNING to our Opponents. No matter the score, we are STRONG, FIT and READY TO GO, PEDAL TO THE METAL! WE WILL WIN THIS GAME! Break the Huddle—HUA!

Well, FOR YOU AND ME TODAY, it’s the “FOURTH QUARTER!” And our “TEAM” is WAY BEHIND! There’s NOT Much Time left; We MUST Get to WORK A.S.A.P.! The STAKES ARE TOO HIGH — WE MUST WIN THIS BATTLE! (MORE to come…)