Team:
Today's Coach is Jere Johnson from FCA Chicago. (His message follows this one)
Today's Offensive Coordinator is Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1
Sometimes in the Seasons of Life it is time to Rebuild. It is time to Re-establish our Goals and Purpose for our Team.
At this time Team Israel was devastated. Many people were starving and homeless with no future and no hope.
Nehemiah was a Great Leader but wasn't in the Position to Lead until now. He was the Cup Bearer.
He was a Servant. He tasted the Kings Cup first before the King drank it to make sure the drink wasn't Poisoned.
How would you like to have this Job?
Nobody wanted this job except Nehemiah. He took the job as an opportunity to be in front of the King.
If he is in front of the King he could influence the King to Help his Team Win.
That's what Leaders do. They Take Responsibility for the Team.
Being a Cup Bearer means taking Responsibility for the Team.
When I played Running Back my first job on passing downs was to protect the Quarterback from the Blitzing Linebacker.
In another words I was the Cup Bearer and taking Responsibility for the QB. I had to be willing to step in and Block the Linebacker Blitzing at 100mph.
The point is someone has to be willing to Drink the Cup, check for Poison and Take Responsibility for the Team.
Nehemiah stepped up and was the Cup Bearer to protect the King and now is going to Lead the Rebuilding of a Nation.
Jesus Also became our Cup Bearer and took Responsibility to Lead us in Rebuilding our Lives.
Jesus said, "Please take this Cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." Mark 14:36
"Is there is any other way man can get to Heaven besides me Drinking this Cup and going to the Cross?"
"OK Give Me the Cup, it needs to be done."
Nehemiah didn't wait until he was elected or promoted. He Led right then and there because it needed to be done. He said,
"OK give me the Cup, it needs to be done."
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care!"
Zig Zigler
The Team knew how much Nehemiah cared by his willingness to be the Cup Bearer and Take Responsibility.
"Give me the Cup, It needs to be done."
The Team responded to his Leadership and Re-Built the Walls of the Nation in the in just 52 days because Nehemiah said,
"Give me the Cup, It needs to be done."
Do you have 52 days until your next Season? It can be done! It's Possible!
Take Responsibility and say,
"Give me the Cup, It needs to be done."
Check out what another Cup Bearer named Bear Bryant Head Coach University of Alabama said:
"If anything goes Bad, I did it. If anything goes Semi-Good, We did it. If anything goes Real Good, You did it. That's all it takes to get People to Win football games."
"When the Team knows their Leader is willing to take all the Blame and is Responsible for anything that goes Wrong the Team will Run through Walls."
Bear Bryant knew this valuable secret and look at the results:
6 National Championships (1961, 1964–1965, 1973, 1978–1979)
Our Team is:
Family, Parents, Husband, Wife, Peers, Teammates, Business Associates, ect....
What if we take Responsibility and say:
"Give me the Cup, it needs to be done."
Now Just Go! Win the Day!
Rick
Phil 4:13
http://huddle360.blogspot.com
------ Email ------
Passion "May they yearn, even faint, for the courts of the Lord; crying out for the living God..."
-- Psalm 84:2
Time to Rebuild Friday, March 11th, 2011
READY: "They said to me, 'The survivors in the province, who returned from the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned down.'" -Nehemiah 1:3
SET: Every once in a while you read a positive story about coaching. I particularly like examples of the coach who goes back home to his or her alma mater to rebuild a struggling program.
These coaches not only have a passion for their home schools, but also a plan to put the schools back on the map. It may take time to rebuild, but for the Christian coach, it will also take something else: prayer, and a lot of it.
Nehemiah was a man of similar focus. What do we know about him? If you read his story in the Old Testament, you'll find that he was not a contractor, but a cupbearer.
He worked for the king who put out a decree that no one would rebuild Jerusalem's walls. Nehemiah had much at stake, but he knew he had to act. The town of his family was in ruins, and he knew he had to do something about it!
Nehemiah had a passion (his people in Jerusalem), a plan (to rebuild the wall) and a prayer, many of which are recorded in the Bible.
Nehemiah understood one thing well: rebuilding anything in life required prayer and a plan to get the job done. We know by reading his book that it took only 52 days to rebuild the wall, but it was not an easy task.
Maybe you have a wall (sin/struggle) in your life that needs to be rebuilt or restored. Do you have a passion to see it changed? Do you have a plan to make it happen? Are you committed to prayer--even if you have to pray every day for 52 or more days?
Today, I want to challenge you to do just that: get on your knees and pray that God would move and rebuild the "walls" in your life that seem so big. It won't be easy, but it will be worth it.
