Thank you for breaking the hold that professional football had on my time and attention. Before you decided to use my favorite sport as your personal platform, I scheduled my weekends around watching college and professional football. Since then, I have stopped watching the NFL altogether. That has freed up several hours each week to do things that are, quite frankly, more interesting and far more valuable uses of my time.
Much of the Old Testament is the history of the nation of Israel. God called the Israelites to be His people–set apart to worship the one true God with all their hearts and their minds and their souls. The nations that surrounded them worshiped many false gods–idols.
The Israelites had a tendency to cast their eyes at their neighbors and begin to integrate their lifestyles and practices into Israel’s culture. Time and time again, we read that Israel built altars to false gods and turned their back on the Lord God Jehovah.
God would allow the Israelites to sink into bondage until a new leader arose who tore down the altars–the high places–and led the people back into worshiping God alone.
American Christians have allowed false gods, such as professional athletes and celebrities, to capture our attention and our devotion. It is time to pull down the high places–the NFL, the NBA, Hollywood, or whatever it is that has captured our hearts–and give our full devotion to the Lord.
These things no longer have my attention. And, for that, I am thankful to Colin Kaepernick for helping to break my fascination with football.
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