Don’t Underestimate Your Gifts

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Jim Morris

A movie I enjoy is titled, The Rookie. It is based on events in the life of Jimmy Morris, a high school teacher and baseball coach in Big Lake, Texas who became a major-league baseball pitcher. Several of the high school players who had been on the receiving end of Morris’s fastballs encouraged him to try out for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Because of his age and past injuries, Morris dismissed their encouragement as wishful thinking. Morris knew the major-league scouts would not consider a prospect unless he could throw 90 miles-per-hour.Inwardly, however, Morris can’t shake his curiosity. While driving his pickup down a deserted country highway, Morris spots a sign that displays the speed of oncoming traffic. Morris slows his truck and pulls to the side of the road. Looking to see if anyone is watching, Morris grabs a baseball, walks into the road, and tosses the ball past the sign. The number 46 quickly flashes on the sign. It works.

Morris smiles and walks swiftly back to the truck to grab an old baseball glove and another baseball. He walks back on to the road and takes one more look to see if any cars are coming. Then he winds up and throws the ball with everything he has. The sign stares blankly back at him for a moment, and then it flashes 76.

Discouragement falls over Morris’s face. He walks slowly to retrieve the baseballs. What Morris does not see is the sign blinking for a moment, and the 7 becoming a 9. Morris has actually thrown a fastball at 96 miles-per-hour! Yet he remains unaware of his own strength.

Too many Christians are the same way. The world deceives them into thinking that they are less than they are. Satan convinces them that they can’t do a thing. He tells them that their lives have no value, no purpose and no power. But it’s all a lie.

You are important to God. You are a child of God. Your life matters to Him and to others. You have a purpose in life. So don’t listen to the world or Satan. Listen to God. Read His Word. You have more power than you can imagine.

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