Seventh-day Adventist® Church

With Croatia being beaten by Spain 1-0 in the Euro 2012 cup, the plethora of plays on the name of the goalscorer was lead by Gary Lineker.

Jesús Navas scored the goal for Spain, and after the final whistle, Lineker, a TV commentator, said something like, "So there you have it, Jesus is the saviour." It didn't take long to have others posting "Jesus saves!"

It reminds me of the banner at a football match years ago. In the prolific goalscoring days of Kevin Keagan, a banner (well, bed sheet) was stretched out in the crowd, "Jesus saves, but Keagan scores on the rebound." (Google it and you will find all kinds of variations).

"Jesus saves" is poetic, even if it sounds like an 1800's hymn. 'Keagan scores' sounds victorious!

And that is the way I would like to think of Jesus, victorious. 

Psalm 60:12
With God we shall gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.

As we seek the presence of God, while the presence of the Olympic Torch flits round Ireland and the UK, let's consider this aspect of being victorious. We gain the victory WITH God. In His presence. You have to be on His team!

To score on the rebound we have to be in the box. To be victorious with God we have to be in His presence.

Salvation comes from Jesus. Victory comes from God. Scoring comes from being in the right place. It's time to be with God.

-Pr Nathan Stickland