Say what they want, play the back ground (Tim Tebow)
My 2 cents on Tim Tebow. Luke 16:19-31 tells a story about the Rich man and Lazarus. Lazarus had died as did the Rich man. Rich man had refused God’s Redemptive work and had been separated for eternity from God’s grace and mercy. From his perspective, somehow, he could see Lazarus, who was crippled and poor in his earthly life, but now was glorious and lazarus had received God’s mercy and redemption. Lazarus did not have to languish in torment as the Rich man. The Rich man asks Abraham to be allowed to go back to tell his friends and family of his wrong choices so they could be saved from his ill fate. However he’s told this by Abraham:
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
So now I come to my Tebow point. Abraham was saying no matter what the rich man did to prove God’s reality and to inform the world about the redemptive work of God, no matter how miraculous the act may be to try to prove it, no matter how many John 3:16′s appear in the rich man’s stats, people are still going to say what the want to say. People without the Christ’s redemptive work in their heart, without God opening their heart to see cannot open their eyes on their own. Luke 11 says our eyes are the light to the rest of our body. When our eyes are closed to the work and light of Christ we can’t see the miraculous. We can’t see God for the man and well too often that man is ourselves. We can’t see the spiritual. No matter the way Tebow responds or doesn’t respond, no matter the words he uses or doesn’t use, people are still going to say what they want to say.
Recent blogs have conducted rants, rages, and bizarre conversations asking if Tebow is gay, if he has a girlfriend, if God is saving the Broncos, Bill Maher mocked him, SNL mocked him and Jesus. He can have a great game or a bad game, people will say what they want. His total yards can equal John 3:16. The final quarter television rating can be 3.16, he can throw 31.6 yards per pass and people will say what the want to say.
No God isn’t giving preferential treatment, but I do believe we get to be the witness to something the Rich man learned from afar before our own death. The righteous inherit the kingdom of God. We can see that inheritance before we die because God’s kingdom has already come. It is here, but never the less Tebow could die and be resurrected before he plays on Saturday and people would still say what they want to say. My hope is that you will live each day and every day more like Christ to be able to exemplify him more and more in all you do on what ever field of play you play on knowing people will say what they want. More often than not, the more you live for Christ the more they will talk. Believe it or not, some of the biggest talkers are churched people who like the pharisees feel threatened or jealous when they see someone like Tebow surrendered in Truth living the gospel in a humble, but bold way. Amazing, amazing things happen that only can be explained by God when we surrender all ourselves to Him. Everything we do and everything we live for is to point to Christ. It is about living by what Christ said not for what others want to say.
When Tebow steps out onto the field at night you can see him because of the lights on the field shining down. Until someone points out the fact that you can only see him because of those lights, you would have never even noticed the lights at the top of the stadium. We are to be that light in the back ground displaying more and more of Christ. Lecrae’s song’s Play the background comes to mind when I watch Tebow. Tebow is simply playing the background and most commentators and most of the public don’t know what to do with that.
Many commentators have said that Tebow’s world is not all about football. When he started with the Bronco’s he was willing to play the background for the team if it meant they would win. He is simply playing the back ground and letting Christ take the lead. Because Tebow lives in the background when people tweet about him He sees people Tweeting the one he is reflecting. He sees they are blogging of the one he is living in the back ground for. Say what they want, live in the background and you may not always like what you hear people say, but you will be amazed at what you will be able to do.
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