The Game of Life - Part 1, Teammates

picture of Manchester United vs Malaysia by Bong Yang

Football, a communicative language that doesn't require you speak. The most popular and competitive sport in the world. The game which makes us, sometimes, dream and think we can play just like the guys on TV. For some reason I think God loves football too. I think He created football to show and teach us the meaning and purpose of our lives and to show us how much He loves us. There are so many values and lifestyle principles that we can learn from this sport. From every angle you would to look at football, there is always something you can learn from it, be it the fans, the managers, the clubs, the football superstars or legends, the list goes on, you are sure to find a valuable lesson. Wondering how I came up with this conclusion? Here goes...... (I'll be using some football terms along the way)

When financially not so rich clubs (like Arsenal) are unable to buy ready made good players (superstars), they stick as a team and work with what they have to be better and win. Despite their differences, they look beyond each others weaknesses and look at the positives of each other, seeing what they can benefit the team with. Accepting the fact that they are not as good as the other clubs, they work and train even harder than the others, hoping that their efforts will pay off at the end and be good enough to win the championship.

What does this tell us? Shows us that despite our differences, we should look beyond what people can't do and start to find out what people can do. I read something a friend posted up recently, it goes something like this, "Instead of changing the place, why not I just start to change my heart". Sometimes when we're struggling at a certain place and it seems like we're not 'winning enough games', the easier (cowardly) thing to do is to escape the problems by "transferring to another club". Come on, let us learn from the poor football clubs. Let us stick together, press on, push forward and finish this long season together. No matter how hard or tough its gonna get, we're all still, teammates.

To be continued......
Stay tuned for more on 'The Game of Life'.

'WORDS OF FAITH'

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 NKJV)

'WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT'

God does not reward us base on our hard work and results but base on our obedience and faithfulness.

Daniel Wong, Ministry Assistant of WHC