I watched football most of the afternoon as the Seahawks beat the Rams and I am anticipating watching football much of the day on New Years hoping that The Oregon Ducks will beat Florida State in the Rose Bowl in the first ever College Football playoffs.

The Apostle Paul as he wrote much of the New Testament in the Bible used Sports as an illustration of living life numerous times. I think that football is a great illustration or picture of the constant battle that life is. On one side of the line of scrimmage is the devil and his demons and on the other side is the church. The kingdom of darkness has schemes and plans that they attempt to run to beat us. Paul’s admonition is to stand strong against the schemes of the evil one. The unity of the church is it’s greatest strength, and the involvement of all those on the team.

I am to old to play real football, but I really like being on God’s team and I really like the idea of stomping the devil and his team.