The Parable of Sports

A parable is a vivid, intense picture from something we might experience here in life to help us understand some spiritual truth that is far greater. It is "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning" and Jesus often used parables to teach us about Him.

Did you ever stop to consider the parable inherent in sports? In fact God has designed the world of sports in such a way that it is full of opportunities that are pregnant with spiritual connections that He wants us to take advantage of.

In Deuteronomy 6:4-7 God told His people to teach their children about the Lord and His commands "when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up." In other words, as you go wherever you go and do whatever you do make sure you teach others about the one true God!

Jesus demonstrates this when He and His disciples walked past a fig tree and He told them to "learn the parable of the fig tree" (Mark 13:28). Just as the fig tree contained a parable, so do drills, conditioning, injuries, losing a starting position, getting pulled by the coach, bad games/seasons, good games/seasons and on and on. Learn the parables in sports and look for opportunities to use them to teach others about the person and work of Jesus Christ! We hope this blog will help you as together we explore sports for parables.

Chris Bubak - FCA-Nebraska State Director