One of the upcoming Superbowl quarterbacks reminds me a little of King David: a teenage boy bagging bears and lions as he made his living in the hills of Israel living with sheep. He was unexpectedly grabbed and ordained the new King of Israel. Kurt Warner was bagging groceries in Ceder Rapids Iowa as he made his living after washing out of football. He was unexpectedly grabbed and now will make his second Super Bowl appearance.
I read this story a couple weeks ago and identified with Kurt as he struggles with communicating his love for Jesus, but at the same time struggling with the fact that Jesus is offensive and repels people: he invited his entire team over for a party but only a handful showed up. Kurt inquired of a teammate and the prevailing view was they were afraid he was going to get up on a podium and preach at them.
Fortunately, we have been given Jesus' Spirit and it has the same effect as 2,000 years ago: draws some in like a magnet and others do not only not want to show up at your party, they want to murder you.
Some people love Kurt Warner and some hate him; then (2000 years ago) and now - not much has changed.
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