It has several months since Texas played Alabama for the national football championship. Texas had the winningest quarterback in the history of college football. He was a champion among champions. He is also a Christian. We would beat those guys from Alabama and I knew it.
We had to beat them because our youth minister is a rabid Alabama fan and I have to put up with him. Texas came out with the ball and marched it straight down the field. At this point I figured we would beat them by several touchdowns. As we pushed deep into their end of the field Colt McCoy, the Texas quarterback took a shot on the arm. It was not vicious or mean or especially hard. When he left for a play I figured he would be back. He never returned. Texas played well, but when an inexperienced quarterback steps onto such a scene it was just too much. He had a chance to win, but those boys from Alabama were just too much for him.
I wanted to makes excuses. I wanted a “do-over.” There were many things I could have whined about. Right after the game they interviewed the young, Christian quarterback, Colt McCoy. In the interview said something that was greater than winning a national championship. Here was his response to missing what might have been the greatest moment in his life:
“I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life. And I know that, if nothing else, I’m standing on the Rock.”
I will soon forget that game, but I will never forget those words, “God is in control.”
For many people those can be empty words, but if you can stand on the stage of disappointment or frustration and not question why God does what God does, if you can say “God is in control of my life,” and know that no matter what happens you are standing on the Rock, then you are a champion.
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