Theme: Put the FUN in Fundamental

Verse: Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

The best part of running races is the after party. Most race organizers create a party-like atmosphere to honor the hard work and best efforts of the runners to celebrate everyone’s achievement.

Anything we plan to put our heart and soul into needs some element of FUN if we are going to make it for the long haul. Sports coaches understand this. That is why you often see coaches allow the players to have a bit of unstructured silliness sometime during practice. I recall during my undistinguished high school basketball career I would start most practices heaving a shot from the half court line. Every once in a while, the ball would actually go in. Coach Cook and Coach Bowden allowed it probably because they knew my skill limitations and rightly assessed that since we were trying to win ball games, that may be the only time I would get to shoot the ball.

Our spiritual life needs to be the same way. Fun and Worship are not polar opposites. In fact, often they go hand in hand. Devotions need not be drudgery. Going to church should be something we look forward to, not simply a Sunday task we check off the list. These spiritual moments are FUNdamental to a successful Christian walk. Without others seeing our joy and the FUN our walk brings us, the less likely they are to follow our path, which is “Making More and Better Followers of Jesus.”

Have a FUN Week!

Adapted from True Competitor by Dan Britton and Jimmy Page