Choosing the wrong side may not be apparent until the game is over. 3442

Learn it.
Two sides to everything. One makes trouble and the other seems to absorb it; Curious until you realize God is on one side and not the other.

Live it.
As kids, most of us have stood in a group while two captains picked the players they wanted on their side. I recall the sinking feeling that comes with not being picked first or second or third... It's called parody and what makes for a good game between two equally matched teams. The captains are the two best players and after deciding who goes first, pick the best remaining people as teammates. Then, when all but two people have been picked and you must decide who is the player you will send to the other side. A captain never sees much value in his last pick, but instead sees the opportunity to take advantage of the last pick on the other side. And there may be an extra person who is not picked at all. Usually the younger sibling of one of the players, they will sit on the sidelines, bounce a ball and dream of playing.

Somewhere in a pickup game, you will normally see the teams help their last person selected score, knowing that's the ultimate insult to the other team. It's like when one college basketball team with less than two minutes left in a game is far ahead of the other and puts in their "scrubs" (the name for players who don't get to play much). Scrubs practice as hard or maybe harder than the starting players but seldom if ever get to play in a real game. Life is like that sometimes. A few people make choices by which everyone else must live. The good thing however is that God chooses to be on the side of those who are last or those who have no value to anyone else. One thing about being on God's team; He has never lost to a team with "better" players.

Pray it
I don't understand it, God, but thank You for seeing value in me when no one else does.

Resources
Need Christians - only slaves need apply. (2000)
Some strangers you will encounter today may be angels. (2001)
How can you say you read it unless you've done it from cover to cover? (2003)
Intercessors need more prayer than anyone. (2004)
Prayertower is finished? (2005)
When we ask for prayer, God gives us more than we expect. (2006)
Undeserved mercy is the simplest prayer, yet we have to move beyond it and begin serving. (2007)
God is everywhere, all the time. (2008)
The wise men showed us how to regard Jesus with reverence and respect (2009)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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