I’ve been spoiled as a sports fan recently.  As you can find out in my “about” section, I’m a huge fan of Wisconsin sports, as well as the Duke Blue Devils.  So Duke wins the Championship in 2010, the Packers win the Super Bowl in 2011, the Badgers win the Big Ten in football last year and are in the championship game this year, the Brewers win the NL Central this year… I haven’t had too many disappointments in the sports world really!  Or I may just have moved from Minnesota so the comparison makes it look amazing! That is until last night when my Blue Devils got absolutely blasted by Ohio State…

But something was different about this one.  Back in the day I would have been devastated that my team couldn’t even stay close to the Buckeyes.  But even before tip off of last nights game my perspective on the world had already changed. Last night was actually one of the greatest nights of recent memory!  That’s because my son (age 2) should have been in bed by halftime, but instead we got to snuggle and watch basketball.  The important part wasn’t the outcome of a game it was that I got to spend some great time wit him. (And this isn’t college football so an early loss or two doesn’t doom you to play in some irrelevant post-season competition 6 weeks after the season is over)

It did make me realize that sometimes in life my priorities aren’t always God’s priorities.  So often the things we get passionate about aren’t what Jesus even cares about.  He cared about people, the relationships, and how they pointed to the Father.  He cared about things that made a difference in the Kingdom.  If by winning you gain bragging rights until the next competition then chances are pretty good God doesn’t really care.  There’s no “next time” with God.  His cares, and victories, are eternal!