The words Suck and Good don’t normally belong together. God has shown me they can belong together in an proper context. Some of you are lost already and maybe thinking Blake What are you thinking?
Keep reading and I promise you this will make sense.
I love to playing sports especially with my friends. This is a time where I can be around many people and have fun! Awesome use of time for building community.
When I come out to play I want to win. I am very competitive at sports because I’ve had people doubting my ability. I’ve been on losing teams about 65% of the time. Sometimes, I get mad at myself for not making a play on the ball or not catching a frisbee because I want others to accept me as a reliable player and influencer on the field.
To be honest, when I do this on the field I’m rooted in comparision with others. God tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:12 to not compare ourselves to others. When we do this we are not wise and we miss out of what God has for us.
Galatians 1:10 in short says if we serve to please others instead of Christ don’t even do it! Christ rather be against him at this point then putting on a false mask of humility.
A few days ago, I was playing ultimate frisbee and I went out there playing scared. In my mind I was looking at the people and thinking I’m not that important to the team because in reality I’m not good in fact I suck.
This was effecting my play for the first 60 percent of the time. I was complaining about everything. I didn’t like people telling me what to do in the game. I wanted to be the influencer on the team and have a voice on the team. I wanted to be control of the team. When I didn’t catch the frisbee after several times I wasn’t saying nice words to myself.
I was so frustrated during the game so I decided to take myself out of the game. Something I rarely do because I don’t quit anything even when it’s hard.
At the time I was off of the field and taking a lap around the field. During this time I heard some voices of my friends saying, “Blake come back we need you.” I said No you don’t need me and I went to the sidelines in frustration.
Lincoln who is one of my good friends I’ve met here in Georgia in CGA. He’s a great guy! He came over to the sideline and asked me what’s wrong. I told him that I felt like I wasn’t important to the team and I felt out of place.
Then he shared with me a story about his high school experience in sports. He shared with me about the sportsmanship award. He said the sportsmanship award is given to one who sucks the most and has the best attitude. He received the award every year in high school.
He said to me that the people in his car were saying good things about me on the way to ultimate frisbee. He said whoever has to cover Blake on the field you’re going to be running the whole game.
He was saying to me you have heart and God wants you to play with heart and have a good attitude.
So my skills in sports may suck but if we have a good attitude in everything we do then it’s all good!
I did hit the reset button when I went back into the game and I played for Christ. A party of one. After I hit the reset button on the game I was fine. I made some hustle plays, scored a point, and was encouraging others on my team.
It’s okay to suck at something because we not gifted in the same things. The Lord just wants us to give it all we have for him in everything with a good attitude. In this way the words suck and good go together perfectly!
