WHy do we love sports?

WHat is it that we love so much about sports? Why is it that we can sit and yell and scream at the television on a weekly, sometimes nightly basis? There are so many answers to this question, but there is one thing that I think we all like. That is the opportunity to watch an underdog overcome obstacles. We all love(unless our team is the favorite) to see an underdog win a football game. We loved it last year when Appalachian State took down then powerhouse Michigan in their own stadium. We love to watch the NCAA Basketball tournament because the first 2 rounds virtually it major underdogs against big time favorites in every game. We love to see that and inside each of us is the feeling that we are indeed underdogs.
As sinners we are underdogs to sin and temptation. Every day we are faced with things that we cannot overcome, things that are so enticing and so alluring that we cannot resist them at all. They are all things that are full of fleshly desires.
John 8:34 says, Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
This is very true, we are all slaves to sin at birth and into our adolescent years. Sin has a hold on us to teh point to where we cannot break loose from it.
Sin basically has 4 characteristics:
1. self-sufficiency instead of faith;
2. self-will instead of submission;
3. self-seeking instead of benevolence;
4. self-righteousness instead of humility.
FOr the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Chrsit our Lord. These are words that shine like a beacon in the life of a sinner. We deserve death, but what we get is eternal life through the shedding of CHrist's blood on teh cross. Without that there is no remedy for sin.
1 Corinthians 10:13 gives us more good news.No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
THis means that God always sees sin coming, and he provides for us an escape. It's up to us to take that escape. Everytime we sin or act on temptation we have made a choice, a choice to choose ourselves over God's will for our lives.
As for underdogs, we will always be underdogs, but through the personal relationship that Christ offers us and through our time spent in prayer and reading the BIble daily we can overcome those urges within, and conquer our flesh when the decisions come up.
Have a great day and thanks for reading!