If you have ever played a game of H-O-R-S-E you know that the shot only counts if you call it. I had one friend who could shoot the eyes out of the net. He called every shot a “swish” before he took it and, sure enough… nothing but net.
Sure, he could just shoot and make it, which would mean that we could bank it in, or have it bobble around the rim, and as long as it went through the hoop it would count.
But he called it.
And we couldn’t argue it.
What he did is what he intended to do.
Because he said it before he did it.
“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up….he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.” John 2:19, 21-22
How’s that for a shot? You can’t just hope that one goes through the hoop. You can’t call it luck.
Chuck Taylor, Dr. J., Jordan, Iverson, Lebron … they had or have skill… but no one, I mean NO ONE has ever or will ever call a shot like that.
This was more.
They conquered the court.
He conquered the grave.
Not everyone will lace up and hit the hardwood…
But everyone will one day face the grave and go the way of all men. (Joshua 23:14)
When you are in Christ… you face the grave the way it should be faced…
As a victor who faces a defeated foe.
Death no longer has a hold on you.
It is not the end.
But just the beginning.
Die daily to Christ that He might live through you. And live with the confidence that on that day that He does call you home…
You’ve already made the shot.
Sure, he could just shoot and make it, which would mean that we could bank it in, or have it bobble around the rim, and as long as it went through the hoop it would count.
But he called it.
And we couldn’t argue it.
What he did is what he intended to do.
Because he said it before he did it.
“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up….he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.” John 2:19, 21-22
How’s that for a shot? You can’t just hope that one goes through the hoop. You can’t call it luck.
Chuck Taylor, Dr. J., Jordan, Iverson, Lebron … they had or have skill… but no one, I mean NO ONE has ever or will ever call a shot like that.
This was more.
They conquered the court.
He conquered the grave.
Not everyone will lace up and hit the hardwood…
But everyone will one day face the grave and go the way of all men. (Joshua 23:14)
When you are in Christ… you face the grave the way it should be faced…
As a victor who faces a defeated foe.
Death no longer has a hold on you.
It is not the end.
But just the beginning.
Die daily to Christ that He might live through you. And live with the confidence that on that day that He does call you home…
You’ve already made the shot.
SDG
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