I (Brady) was thinking today on my way home from work about why I am so excited for The World Race. There are many reasons, but the one that kept coming at me today was FOCUS. In college, I played football and every season would start with Fall Camp. The entire team would arrive 3 weeks before school started and we would have 2-a-day practices. A typical day looked like this:
7:30 – 8:00 – Breakfast
8:30 – 11:00 – Practice 1
11:30 – 12:30 – Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 – Break
2:00 – 3:00 – Meetings/Film
3:00 – 6:00 – Practice
6:00 – 7:00 – Supper
8:00 – 9:30 – Meetings/Film
10:30 – Lights Out
As you can see, there was not a lot of free time, or time for anything else period. Fall Camp put a beating on my body and tested my mind and will. At the same time, I always found it to be a time of great peace. I had a singular focus and a goal. I found it amazing how much our team would improve during that 3 week time frame. Freshman would go from knowing nothing to understanding an entire playbook. Drills that looked terrible on day 1 looked crisp and clean by day 21. Every player’s physical endurance would heighten.
In looking forward to the World Race, I am yearning for another opportunity to have singular focus. I’m excited to work with a team again and build relationships while dedicating our days to the Lord. I want our team to grow together, fail together, get up together, and serve together. I’m excited to face challenges and be put in unfamiliar situations- ones where I can’t trust in myself but must trust God and my team. In short, I can’t wait to see what our group of racers can do in 11 months with our sole focus being to serve Lord Jesus.
