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Last month, I referenced that a pastor rightly stated where you put your faith is only as important as the object.  I then used the example of quarterback Bo Nix, and the Denver Broncos.  They had started 0-2.  I explained that everyone in Bronco-land had put their trust in Nix to lead Denver out of the mediocrity they have been in since winning Super Bowl 50, but it wasn't going to happen this year.  The fact is, I should have used a different example; because, since writing those words, the Broncos crawled out of the hole of their slow start and made their way to a 3-2 record.  Yesterday, the Broncos notched an impressive 34-18 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.  Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes (it should have been four, a receiver was wide open in the end zone, and his receiver dropped it), and with no interceptions.

Now, I’m not suggesting that the Broncos are going to the Super Bowl, or that Bo Nix is the next John Elway.  The jury is still out on the 2024 Broncos and on Nix.  I’m simply saying I used an example that I shouldn’t have in that blog last month.  The sermon I was referencing that day was from a pastor of a church I was visiting back in 2019; after he proclaimed that faith is only as good as the object you believe in, he used a better example than I did: having faith that the Colorado Rockies were going to win the World Series in 2019; you couldn’t with any confidence trust in this happening.  Of course, the Rockies are the perpetually terrible baseball franchise; they just finished the 2024 season with a record of 61-101, wrapping up another unimpressive year.

My decision to use an example of stating that an NFL season’s was effectively over after just two weeks was premature, but it does give a good illustration of how sometimes I can make bad decisions.  I’m far from perfect and sinless; in fact, the Bible says someone who claims he is perfect and sinless is actually deceived and the truth is not in him (1 John 1:8).  But God continues to shape me, and change me, into who He wants me to be.  As a boy, I felt God telling me to put my faith, trust, and hope in Jesus Christ to save me.  I did so, and I am so grateful that I did.  The old hymn “In the garden” by C. Austin Miles, says it well, “He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I’m his own; and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.”  Today, I feel like the Psalmist who wrote these words in Psalm 40:

“He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, and the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps, He has put a new song in my mouth – praise to our God, many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.  Blessed is that man [or woman as well] who makes the Lord his [her] trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.  Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered” (verses 2-5; NKJV).

God bless,

Kevin