Well anyone who saw last night’s SuperBowl (a championship game for American football) can relate to the header that “underdogs *can* triumph.” In what had to be one of the most unlikely outcomes of all time, Eli and his troops pulled it off. I’ll quickly admit that I was rooting for him. (What’s not to like about two brothers winning back-to-back superbowls two years in a row!)
In this case, though, rather than key in on big catches (there were those) or individual performances (there were those too), I’d just like to draw a general lesson from the overall outcome. In the opinions of many pundits, the game was hardly worth playing. It was to have been a game of destiny for quarterback, Tom Brady, in the opinion of some. Eli Manning believed otherwise, and as is often the case, *belief* gave way to *reality*.
And that brings us to our point: Perhaps there are those nay-sayers who cast cold water on the cause of global missions these days, with comments like, “What’s the use?” or “They’ve ignored the message this long; what’s going to change them now?” My thought is, thank goodness Eli didn’t give in to polls. Instead, he just worked his plan and, what, 250 yards later, he was thrusting celebrating arms in the air as the game’s MVP.
What big challenge are you or your team facing? Tempting to give up and call it a day. My advice: don’t. You just might be missing out on a tremendous blessing, not only for you and/or your team, but also for the people who benefit because of your efforts. Hang in there. Keep passing. Keep running. Flee troublesome tackles. Don’t give up. Victory could be only one play away.
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