Team Charger Challenge

Jesus Doesn’t Lose.

It is that time of year again. It’s time for some NFL football! If you are like me, you have been eagerly waiting for this time of year. There’s something great about this time of year as the leaves change colors, the brisk fall breeze picks up, and football starts every Sunday at 1 p.m. If you are a football fan, you are spoiled with Thursday and Monday night football as well.

I will unapologetically say that I am a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan. Yeah, life is not always easy! I can’t say I am shocked by my teams performances so far this year, but there are some teams that caught my attention. The Green Bay Packers who went 15-1 last season have started off 2-3 so far. Even more of a surprise is the New Orleans Saints who went 13-3 last year lost their first four games and are now 1-4. There is so much inconsistency from week to week and year to year that it is hard to rely on one team. This isn’t even mentioning all the scandals, chaos, and nonsense that takes place in sports. People will let you down. Such is life.

The other day I was reading through John 6 as I was reminded of the one who will never let you down, the one who never loses. Jesus is in Capernaum not long after the feeding of the 5,000 when a crowd approaches Him. There is no doubt that these people were amazed at Jesus’ miracle when He fed them loaves of bread and fish. The crowd said, “Sir, give us this bread always!” Jesus tells the crowd that He is the bread of life and that whoever comes to Him will never be hungry or thirsty again. He then goes on to say something very interesting. Verse 39 says, “This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day.”

It was/is the Father’s will that Jesus should lose none of His people. Here is the good news for us, Jesus doesn’t lose. Wherever you are in your life and whatever you are going through, you can rest in this truth. Maybe life is beating you down and you feel like you are constantly losing. Rest assured that if you are in Christ, you are His. And when you are His, He will keep you.

As Christian rap artist, Lecrae says, “You cannot lose what you never did earn.” The reason you can’t lose it is because you never earned it in the first place – Christ did.

Jesus doesn’t lose.

– Team Charger Challenge.