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Okay, so I am one of those "geeks" who plays Fantasy Football. (If you are a fellow Fantasy player, please accept my apology for calling you a "geek". I don't really mean it; I'm merely trying to be a little self-deprecating so as deflect any real attention from the fact that I love football enough to spend about twenty minutes out of my week adjusting my roster, pulling off radical trades, and feeling some of those old competitive juices flow. By the way, I PICKED UP MY FIRST FANTASY WIN OF THE YEAR LAST NIGHT...DREW BREES IS DA MAN...BOO YAA!!!!)
So, now that I have that out of my system...
...I was just thinking about how cool it would be to draft an "All-Faith" Fantasy team. In some ways, the eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews serves such a purpose for our great heritage of faith. Who could argue the merits of including the likes of Moses, Abraham, Enoch, and Noah, just to name a few, in such a notable list? The Bible is incredible in the way in which is includes so many different and relevant stories of people who walked the walk of faith. Hebrews 11:1-2 says, "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for." The concept of faith is so important that verse six of this great chapter says that it is impossible to please God without having faith.
So, who would you draft from God's Word for your "All-Faith" Fantasy Team?
Here would be my starting nine:
1. Jesus (...umm, duh...)
2. Enoch (...he must have been a faith stud!)
3. David (...man after God's own heart...)
4. Barnabas (...every team needs encouragement...)
5. Paul (...he would definitely be a playmaker...)
6. Joseph (...had good patience and a great perspective...)
7. Solomon (...not a perfect guy but he had a ton of wisdom...)
8. Daniel (...besides the great name, he had major courage...)
9. Moses (...pretty good leader, had to get past the excuses...)
Reserves:
1. Abraham (...big on faith, he was a sneaky guy though...)
2. Peter (...impetuous, but came up big when it mattered...)
3. Joshua (...solid leader...)
4. Nehemiah (...good vision and enthusiasm...)
5. Timothy (...got to have some youth for the future...)
Our teams have some overlap, but I picked up some "sleepers." There are many men who have shown great faith, here is my list.
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1. Enoch (…No one has walked closer with God…)
2. Joseph (...Great example of perseverance…)
3. Daniel (…Courage and trust in God…)
4. Samuel (…Courage and Wisdom…)
5. Noah (…Strong when no one else was…)
6. David (…A man after God’s own heart…)
7. Joshua (…A leader by example…)
8. Paul (…he wrote 13 books of the Bible…)
9. Nathanael (…immediate response to Christ…)
Reserves:
1. Elisha (…Received a double portion of the Spirit…)
2. Joash (…7 year old full of wisdom…)
3. Peter (…the only one to step out of the boat…)
4. Abraham (…Declared righteous for faith…)
5. Moses (…Overcame some doubts…)
John (…The disciple who Jesus loved…)
I like your list, Tim. The cool thing is that you really can't go wrong...it's Fantasy...and it's the Bible! You picked out some good ones. It's like this...Peyton Manning isn't on my FF squad, but he's still an awesome QB...Ummm, but one question...WOULD YOU REALLY LEAVE JESUS OFF YOUR "ALL-FAITH" SQUAD...yikes, that's some guts!
ReplyDeleteI'm just cracking up at the fact that you even found a picture to go with this post.
ReplyDeletePretty sweet, huh! Love you, darling.
ReplyDeleteI only left Jesus off because that seemed like cheating to me. I mean, he is God afterall
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