"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
- Vince Lombardi
With Autumn and football season creeping up ever so closely, I 've been reading a lot lately about adversity and the will to win, whether it's in a game you are playing or life in general we all face adversity.
One of the most famous, successful coaches of all-time was Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. He used the tactics he learned from the military and appropriated it to not just football, but life. Aside from coaching, Lombardi was also a motivational speaker. No matter what he put his hands to he succeeded, his motivation excelled his players to a higher level,
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
I recently watched a documentary on the Honey Badger, a weasel the size of a skunk, but just as deadly a force as a lion. The honey badger is defined as: fearless and relentless, moves with a confident trot, and clever. Their attitude is: mess with me and your gonna die.
The honey badger is basicly a weasel; one who will use any tactic available to beat prey 10 times their size. In this documentary they show honey badgers willing to attack lions, hyenas, rhinos, and anything else that will get in their way for food. These fearless critters will even dive into a bee hive for honey, even if it means getting stung 300 times, which happens in one scene.
After watching this documentary, I now know the reason behind coach Jim Harbaugh showing this film to his players before the 49er's 2013 season. Harbaugh was teaching his players to be fearless and relentless on the field, never giving up on any one play throughout the game. His tactics worked as his team would make it all the way to the Super Bowl that year.
This past week in one of the small groups I teach, we were talking about our identity in Christ.
I called their attention to the honey badger, an identity we should all carry: walking with confidence and moving forward both fearlessly and relentlessly.
Charles Spurgeon once said,
"In order for God to flow through us, we must come face to face with the fact that we have weaknesses and we must be determined not to let them bother us. Our imperfections will not stop God from working through our weaknesses unless we let them."
Probably the one verse that I remind myself daily with, and you should too, is,
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Don't let your weaknesses or fears stop you from becoming victorious, be like the honey badger and keeping pressing forward.
.
- Vince Lombardi
With Autumn and football season creeping up ever so closely, I 've been reading a lot lately about adversity and the will to win, whether it's in a game you are playing or life in general we all face adversity.
One of the most famous, successful coaches of all-time was Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi. He used the tactics he learned from the military and appropriated it to not just football, but life. Aside from coaching, Lombardi was also a motivational speaker. No matter what he put his hands to he succeeded, his motivation excelled his players to a higher level,
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
I recently watched a documentary on the Honey Badger, a weasel the size of a skunk, but just as deadly a force as a lion. The honey badger is defined as: fearless and relentless, moves with a confident trot, and clever. Their attitude is: mess with me and your gonna die.
The honey badger is basicly a weasel; one who will use any tactic available to beat prey 10 times their size. In this documentary they show honey badgers willing to attack lions, hyenas, rhinos, and anything else that will get in their way for food. These fearless critters will even dive into a bee hive for honey, even if it means getting stung 300 times, which happens in one scene.
After watching this documentary, I now know the reason behind coach Jim Harbaugh showing this film to his players before the 49er's 2013 season. Harbaugh was teaching his players to be fearless and relentless on the field, never giving up on any one play throughout the game. His tactics worked as his team would make it all the way to the Super Bowl that year.
This past week in one of the small groups I teach, we were talking about our identity in Christ.
I called their attention to the honey badger, an identity we should all carry: walking with confidence and moving forward both fearlessly and relentlessly.
Charles Spurgeon once said,
"In order for God to flow through us, we must come face to face with the fact that we have weaknesses and we must be determined not to let them bother us. Our imperfections will not stop God from working through our weaknesses unless we let them."
Probably the one verse that I remind myself daily with, and you should too, is,
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Don't let your weaknesses or fears stop you from becoming victorious, be like the honey badger and keeping pressing forward.
.
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