More Than The World Offers

More than the World Offers

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? Matthew 16:26

As we got closer to winning the Super Bowl each year that I was the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, I grew more concerned about this question framed in Matthew’s Gospel. What if we reached the pinnacle of success in the world of sports and the result was unfulfilling, as it was guaranteed to be—as I knew it would be?

I kept thinking over and over about the questions we all struggle with. What is really important in life? Do we chase the world’s fortunes and accolades at the expense of our own spiritual welfare? Too often the answer to the second question is yes, and that response takes care of the answer to the first question. We can’t really deny it, but we can work to change that way of life before it’s too late.

I tried to do that in my own life as we continued toward that pinnacle by spending more quiet time with God, reading Scripture and other devotional materials more, and spending more time in prayer and seeking advice, encouragement, and prayer from others I had come to trust through the years.

As a team, we took time to talk a bit more about spiritual things. We made sure to have chapel speakers who would challenge and focus our minds on the important and eternal rather than the urgent and temporal. We talked about doing things for others, spending time with our families, and looking for opportunities to be role models to others in the community—whether to kids or adults.

I felt it important that we realized that the pinnacle for our team was not winning the Super Bowl, if that happened (which it did), but realizing the platform it gave us to do good for others and in the process to glorify God.

Uncommon Key > Who you are is not defined by worldly “stuff” but by your heart for God.