Taking Longer To Recover

Taking Longer to Recover

During the 2015 NFL season, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning surpassed the all-time passing yards champion, Brett Favre. However, Manning completed five of twenty passes for thirty-five yards and threw four interceptions in one game, so he was benched by Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak in that same game. This caused many to wonder if the end was near for Manning’s career. After the game, it was reported that Manning had injured ribs and a tear in the plantar fascia in his foot. One commentator, a former NFL star, said, “I knew it was time to retire when it took my body until Saturday to recover from the previous Sunday.” Indeed, at the end of the season, Manning retired from the game of football.

One of the ways you progress to the next place in your life is through a season of frustration. In the moment, frustration can be very challenging. When it occurs over and over again, week in and week out, it can be God’s way of getting you to pick your head up and see what he may be doing to redirect your life. Frustration can be a great catalyst for progress if you will be thoughtful about it.

Remember these words from Proverbs if you sense the frustration you are experiencing is so that you will consider new paths: “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty” (21:5). If you sense you are coming to the close of one season and embarking on a new one, take your time to be thoughtful, wise, and discerning. Make sure you take a path that honors God.

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Proverbs 21:5