Losing
is never fun.
There
is not a person I know that loves to lose.
During
high school, I dealt with losing a lot.
In
between cross country and swimming (The two sports I played varsity in) my
combined record was 8-91.
We won
one cross country meet in four years.
Losing
happens.
Our
school was more known for our football losing streak.
We had about
a 39 game losing streak.
We went
almost four consecutive years of losing in football.
Going
to a high school that had a history of losing, it could be hard to be
motivated to do well.
We did.
If you
are not motivated to do well, you won’t, plain and simple.
I
remember asking one of the football players how can they still try when they
are down at the half by 28 points or more.
This is
what he told me…
“Our
coach motivates us. I am a smart guy and
honestly know the likely hood of a comeback is slim to none. At halftime, our head coach speaks and by the
time he finishes talking, not only do we believe we are going to come back, but
we are going to crush the team afterwards.”
Makes
me think of speaking bold.
The definition
of bold is…not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible
danger. Necessitating courage and
daring.
There
are people I look up to that speak bold and I hang on every word they say, they
can lift me up.
Bold is
one of the key words used when the disciples spoke in the book of Acts.
During
one of their prayers they said this in Acts 4:29…
“Now,
Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with
great boldness.”
This is
what was written after they prayed in verse 31…
“After
they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and spoke the word of God boldly.”
Bold.
How
often do we speak with boldness?
Now one
of the problems with speaking with boldness, people can think they are speaking
with boldness when in essence, they speak like a dictator.
Part of
the problem with Christianity is to speak with boldness while moving people
closer to God.
Do you
speak with boldness?
Do you
do this at…
Home
Work
In public
Among friends
Among enemies
It can
be difficult to speak in boldness and from the heart.
This is
why the apostles prayed for God to fill them with boldness.
He came
through.
If you
struggle to talk or get your point across pray for God to give you the words to
say.
Boldness
can help out everyone.
Speak
bold.
One day
our football losing streak ended, if they didn’t have a coach that believed it
could happen, it never would have.
Speak
bold.
Have a
great day.
