“Kentucky Head Coach Shoots Down NBA Rumors While Riding Camel” [NBC Sports, nbcnews.com, 06/30/2017]
I know news captions are designed to catch our attention. Most of the time I just buzz on past them without a second thought. But this one…this one made me pause and read the story. The story, of course, is about John Calipari, head basketball coach at Kentucky. Every year rumors fly that he’s leaving the college scene to become a head coach in the NBA. This year the rumors happened while he was on vacation in Egypt, thus the picture of him riding a camel as he denied them.
The story nowhere lived up to its catchy title!
With God, it’s not about catchy titles that draw you into little content. It’s about truth that is so simple a child can understand and so deep that decades of searching only crack the surface. We could spend the rest of our lives getting to know the God who identified Himself to Moses as, “I AM WHO I AM.” [Ex 3:14 NIV]
We could hear every day what Jeremiah heard, “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” and still not have experienced all there is in that promise. [Jer 31:3 NIV]
And who can fully appreciate the eternal promise contained in Jesus’ proclamation from the cross, “It is [and will forever be] finished!” [John 19:30 NIV]
No, our God is not about catchy titles, He’s about promises and truth that will carry us into eternity. Praise His Holy Name!
