Defense or Offense?

by TerryLema

De-fense! De-fense! De-fense!

While in California we attended our grandson’s last Junior Varsity football game. There was a light crowd, we cheered and encouraged the team. No cheerleaders were present, just parents, grandparents, some other family and friends yelling and encouraging. They won and won big!  It was a fun game sitting in the bleachers. Then Junior Varsity left the field and the Varsity filed in. It was senior night, to honor those playing in their final games before they graduate.

The stands rapidly filled up. People came wearing school colors, some had megaphones, others cowbells. The cheerleaders showed up. The noise level rose dramatically. I was across the aisle from a rather animated parent with a cowbell. Bob was sitting right behind me and there was another person with a large bell behind him. Every time the other team had the ball, the people in the stands yelled, shook their bells, stomped their feet.  Their cry? De-fense! De-fense! De-fense!

My hearing aids were on overload, and I think the guy with the bell behind Bob could have been in mortal danger if Bob was a bit younger and more agile!

De-fense! I have heard that the best defense is a good offense.  “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” [Matt 28:19-20 NKJV]

So, is the church today on offense or defense? Maybe it’s time we figured that out!

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