Why Playing a Basketball Game is Like the Body of Christ – Part 1

I watched in disappointment and frustration as the girls were losing to a team they should easily be winning.  My daughter was making mistakes she hadn’t made in a long time.   My heart sank as I could visibly see the exhaustion and frustration on my daughters countenance.

As I asked myself the following questions.. God began to speak to my heart…why playing a basketball game is like the body of Christ. 

“Why are those other girls not stepping up to the plate to do their part as a team?”  “Can’t they see that my daughter is too tired?”  “Why does she have to be one of the main girls that always carries the ball (literally)?”  “All those other girls on the team have lots of talent too..why are they putting so much pressure on my daughter to always be the one to make so many points?”  “Why don’t some of the other girls take some responsibility for team play?”

These were all questions going through my head this weekend as we have come to the end of our Basketball season for my 12 year old….Now I never said they were nice questions..I just said that they were questions.  It’s in my own sinfulness that God speaks the loudest sometimes..LOL

So you will know…my 12 year old daughter is quite amazing on the court.  She had many years prior to competitive sports to participate with her brother and sister in basketball.  She knows the game well and God has created her body to go, go, go!  It’s amazing watching her use her gift from the Lord…everyone enjoys it and everyone LOVES to have her on the team..because she loves to win and the game of basketball comes natural for her. 

She works so hard when there is a tournament that she gets a little sick afterwards..she is just soo spent..she has given everything to the game she loves..

Truly I am not bragging…I can truthfully tell you that sports was the last thing on my mind as aspirations for my children..LOL  I’ve just given in to a God that knows more about my children than I do.

Anyway…

I could just FEEL my daughters overwhelming exhaustion and frustration…how could I know..I’ve never played sports..and then it hit me and God spoke to my heart…

Playing a basketball game is just like the Body of Christ…When only one person is pulling the weight of the whole team..sooner or later..everyone will lose.

WOW..I pondered that for days…and the more I pondered..the more I could see the truth in what God was telling me…

Ponder with God and I, will you,  for a day or two…

What do you think about the game of basketball being like the body of Christ?