We Are Witnesses

I was at the Cavs game the night LeBron hit the 3-pointer with 1 second left. It was amazing. I hugged total strangers. We celebrated and yelled until our voices were gone. It seemed hopeless but we had LeBron and we are witnesses. It was a very religious experience. And I mean that with all sincerity. We were broken. The Orlando Magic had mounted their second comeback in as many games and when Hedo Turkoglu hit his shot with one second left to put them up by two all the air went out of the arena. We sat with our brokenness wondering what could ever put us back together again. Then LeBron jumped up and nailed a 30 footer to win the game and we erupted. Our savior had come and we rejoiced together. I stood there with all the others and marvelled that man was made to worship. If we do not worship the true God then we will find something to worship. It may be our jobs, our families, our children, or some athlete but make no mistake we worship. Nike has made the connection with LeBron which is why their marketing tag line is "We are witnesses". I watched the game last night. No one ran up to me today to celebrate LeBron. His eight turnovers in the fourth quarter and overtime helped Orlando put us on ice. This time our savior did not come through and we are witnesses of that as well. Catch me one day and I will sing LeBron's praises, but catch me another day and I will lament his weaknesses. The disciples of Jesus were different. They went to their graves saying things about Jesus that were just mind boggling. Peter, who knew him as well as anyone, said "In Him there is no flaw". Jesus never once let them down. He is always the savior. Today you and I will worship. The question is not whether we will worship but what or who. I want to worship something that is worthy. Jesus stands and offers himself for my brokenness. He did it yesterday and he did it today and he will do it tomorrow. Jesus is the one who had the power to heal what is really broken inside you and me. There is not a day that goes by that I cannot sing his praises. "And God demonstrated His love toward us in that while we were sinners Christ died for us." We are witnesses.