So..what could John 3:16 and a honey badger possibly have in common? They both were taken notice of before and during football games this past weekend:
1. The scripture verse of John 3:16 was seen by over 30 million viewers who watched Tim Tebow continue and unfortunately end his amazing season.
Focus on the Family ran a 30 second commercial during the first half of the game,showing a group of young children reciting this most widely used Bible verse:
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
2. Coach Jim Harbaugh used a video of a honey badger as a motivational tool before his San Francisco team played the highly favored New Orleans Saints. And his 49'ers won in dramatic fashion in the last seconds.
Harbaugh has used the fearless honey badger before crucial games this entire season, and it has been quite effective.
The honey badger is known as one of the most fearless animals. It will take on a venomous snake and defeat it and then eat it, will steal food from a leopard, and will even stick his head in a bee hive to eat the larvae. You can catch some amazing videos of this creature on You Tube.
Jim Harbaugh was teaching his team to take on the persona of the honey badger:who will do anything for food, even if it means taking it from another animal. Harbaugh's team had a league high 38 takeaways(interceptions or fumbles) this season.
Imagine if all of us believers in Christ lived out the persona's of John 3:16 and the honey badger:
1. Loving everyone just as Christ loves us.
2. And becoming fearless like the honey badger as we:
refuse to let the enemy steal our joy
refuse to let circumstances get in the way of our praising God
and by choosing to live the way God asks us to live, trusting Him in all things.
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