Packers & Steelers: Ambassadors

It’s a tale of two cities. Steel versus cheese.  Roethlisberger versus Rodgers. Both have endured the best of times and have also seen the worst of times. Both cities have blue-collared workers and adoring fans.

The Packers and Steelers:  two historic teams raising the standard yet again for success.  Collectively they share:  11 Super Bowl appearances, 9 Super Bowl Trophies, 18 Championships, and 40 Hall-of-Famers. Names like Lambeau, Starr, and Favre as well as Rooney, Bradshaw, and Swann—not to mention the namesake of the Lombardi Trophy itself—these names and franchises are synonymous with NFL lore and grandeur.  They are the golden thread that unites the league to it’s storied past, it’s illustrious present, and it’s uncertain future. And though they are the face of the league, they are merely ambassadors for the NFL; the National Football League would still exist without either Green Bay or Pittsburgh, but neither team would exist independently of the game itself…

…And so too Christians—regardless of vocation, denomination, social status, race or spiritual heritage—are merely ambassadors and vessels for the Gospel of Christ.  Bottom line:  It’s not about us!  God doesn’t need anyone of us to accomplish His purposes or plans…not the Pope not Billy Graham not any Church or Para-Church, and yet He still chooses to use us—the weak and the ignorant—to bring glory to Himself. 

That said, may we not allow are spiritual ego to swell nor sulk in our own strength.  But rather proceed humbly and willingly, and like Samuel before us, openly submit before the Lord saying, “Here I am Lord…” And then, when Sovereign God chooses to use us as He deems, He’ll—not us—will receive all glory and honor.

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