Which team are you on?

In less than two weeks, on Super Bowl Sunday, I will speak to the women incarcerated in a Wisconsin prison.  I plan to open the meeting up like this:  It is Super Bowl Sunday and there are two teams playing.  As in life there are two teams and you are either on one or the other.

Which team are you on?   If you are not on Team Jesus you are on the enemy’s team.  It is as simple as that.  Not so sure about that?  You say you are a free thinker and you are spiritual, insightful, philosophical, rational, forward thinking, an intellectual, worldly, logical and on and on and on.  Let me tell you in plain English: if you are not a believer in Jesus Christ you are on the other team.  It doesn’t mean you are bad person, I’m just telling you what team you are on.  I’m trying to be very clear here, if you don’t know what team you’re on – You are on the enemy’s team.  

The “world” will tell you, it is better to think for yourself.  But I ask you, who is in charge of the “world’s” systems?  I don’t know how to say it more plainly than this, Satan rules the world’s systems.  Jesus paid for our ransom through His blood.  The one thing we need to do is simply claim our ownership to what Jesus purchased back for us. Adam lost it, Jesus bought it back, and now our part - well we need to claim it.  How does such a simple concept like that become so complicated?

Make no mistake Team Jesus wins in the end no matter what side you are on.  The book of Revelation tells us that.  Being a Christian is not easy, there is some misconception out there that will lead you to believe it’s easy but it’s not.  Ask any soldier who’s ever fought in a battle.  As a Christian you will face many adversaries, as Christians down through history can attest. 

Then why be on Team Jesus, aside from winning in the end?  Here it is plain and simple: there is no greater joy than the battle fought with the Lord by your side.  It is not easy, but oh, is it worth it.  You see God show His hand in the most personal way as never before.  I believe it is where miracles are born.  You see His face in the reflection of people that you could never glimpse any other way.

Think about it. One day 100 years from now all of us will be dead anyway.  Wouldn’t it be great to be in Heaven reminiscing about how we fought in battles with the Lord?  We may be looking at Holy Video clips caught on record of God moving on our behalf.  Really, we are going to be dead anyway why not make looking back worth it?  Make it worth something greater than ourselves, something permanent, life altering, life changing and eternally rewarding. 

So I will ask you again, which team are you on?