Video of the Day: Scene from the 2002 film “The Junction Boys”
Bible Verse of the Day:
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 59 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God,” Luke 9:57-62.
Biblical Connection:
The Junction Boys follows Coach Bear Bryant’s first training camp as head football coach at Texas A&M University in the summer of 1954. In the remote town of Junction, Texas, Tom Berenger as Coach Bryant is searching for players that he can count on. This brutal ten-day camp in the blazing sun of Texas separates athletes from the true football players. As this camp draws to a close, Coach Bryant interrupts practice to give a speech in today’s movie clip. As the remaining players reached a point of total surrender to this team, they had nothing left to fear.
The Gospel of Luke contains a passage concerning 72 appointed disciples in Luke 10:1-17. Separate from the original twelve, Jesus was building up future leaders for the first century church. However, just as Coach Bryant used a training camp to find out who he could count on, Jesus applies a similar weeding out process at the end of Luke 9. When Jesus is your personal Savior, not the Lord of your life, Christians will make excuses for not following God’s calling. Yet, when you reach a crossroads in your faith journey where you have to decide one way or the other. Making Jesus your personal Lord and Savior, will result in a spiritual mindset where you’ll have nothing left to fear.
Closing Song:
May you reach a point in 2025 when you fully surrender to Jesus, making Him Lord of all.
by Jay Mankus
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