You’ve Been Bought…

I promise that this isn’t about football.

 

For those of you who haven’t been following the Bret Favre/Green Bay saga, here’s the SHORT update (sorry Bubba). Favre retired last year (for the second time) and then changed his mind (ditto). Green Bay doesn’t really want him back so they offered him $20 million to stay home and not play football anymore. Today, he’s back in Green Bay…

 

I don’t really care that much about the story (sorry again Bubba), what I care about is that they offered him $20,000,000 over ten years to NOT play. Wow.

 

I read a quote from some football guy saying that he wouldn’t stay away from football for $1 billion, but that’s just him…

 

At first blush, I’m sure that most of us would gladly stay away from football for $2 million a year. But, what about the second blush? Think about what you love to do: teach, speak, build, draw, write, design, create, help, think, communicate, analyze, study, connect, compete.  If someone offered you money to NOT do what you love to do for ten years, would you take it? No, you probably wouldn’t. Those ten years would be miserable and you know it, deep in your heart; even though that’s some pretty good money…

 

I have another, harder question for you. What about $75k or $35k? Would you sell out for $50k a year? Have you?

Is there something that you love to do, something that God himself specifically designed in your core, but it wasn’t safe so you took that job with a good, steady income. Is there maybe something that God CALLED you to do, but you went with the great health plan and the 401k instead?

 

One of the qualifiers that we Christians always use is “Be careful what you ask for, you might get it!!” I hate this because it is usually applied to asking God to do his will in your life. How crazy is that? Wouldn’t you rather have your life under God’s control than left in your hands or the hands of someone else? But, many believers trade the peace of God’s hand for the safety they can see and control. However, when budget cuts come around, you’ll be out on the street wondering where your security is and why you devoted so much time to doing something you didn’t really like anyway. 

It’s not too late. Besides, you’ve already been bought and paid for (I Corinthians 7:22-24).