Today is the 4th of July, and the
USA couldn't be further from my mind.
I know that's a
really terrible thing to say, but it's just that with Colombia's most important
game today up to date - somehow all my patriotism is concentrated and focused on my
native country right now rather than on my ancestral one.
Colombia is
bouncing and buzzing and beaming with anticipation like you'd never believe it,
and it makes sense - cause I mean with about 60% of this whole nation's
population sporting a yellow jersey - it's like we're all part of some huge bumble bee colony or something... A huge bumble bee colony that's
completely united in the tension of knowing that today we either win or lose it all.
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| glued to the tube |
3:00 p.m. is this
nation's moment of truth! and everyone alike: friends, families, strangers, and
enemies - we'll all be glued to our tubes just waiting for our first goal of
glory. Will it ever come? Will it come before Brazil? Will it be complimented
with a second or third? Will we clinch the game? ...or will the
match just draw out incessantly with our boys fighting tooth and nail for every inch of
Estadio Castelão till
the wistle blows and we go to shoot outs... It's truly amazing how today in Colombia soccer is
really the only thing that matters.
The thing about it
though, is that - so it is in Brazil!
All the hype we
feel right now here in Colo - well, it's just augmented all the more across the
border.
Today will be the first game for Colombia in this World Cup where there will be more fans
rooting for our opponent than there will be for us. We're the
visiting team, and as such we'll be wearing red. We're the underdog that's
never even made it into the quarter-finals before; much less won five
championship titles like Brazil. Everything is on the line, and like I said before -
we've got it all to either win or lose.
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| Colombia team sporting the red jersey |
And did you know
that spiritually our lives as Christians are kind of like a soccer match as
well?
It's an abstract
thought, but this is how I view it:
The team: the Church (1 Cor.12:27-29).
The head coach: God (Col.1:2a).
The team captain:
Jesus (Col. 1:18).
The player's
positions: different gifts of the Holy Spirit (Eph.4:11-12).
The objective:
make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:18-20).
The strategy: love
and unity (Eph.4:2-5).
The jersey:
baptism and the Lord's Supper (Eph.4:5; 1 Cor. 10:16-17).
The opponent: spiritual forces of evil (Eph. 6:12).
The audience:
angels and heroes of the faith (1Pet.1:12; Heb. 12:1).
The glory: God (Phil.4:20).
The outcome: victorious
So no matter what
happens today in Brazil, just remember there's something bigger going on every
single day throughout the whole World.
Are you a part of
it?
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Picture Cited:
http://www.eltiempo.com/mundial-brasil-2014/noticias/seleccion-colombia/uniforme-rojo-de-colombia-para-enfrentar-a-brasil-en-el-mundial/14203000
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