Monday; July 27

          MLB 2020 (the real version) is up and running.  The Major League Baseball season got underway last weekend and, despite what I had feared, I actually enjoyed it.  There are several aspects of the game that I haven’t grown to love (like the cut-out posters of people in the stands), but I think there might be something positive in the season.  You see, without the crowds I feel like the games are being played at a crisper pace and there seems to be less showboating.  I am not sure what the rest of 2020 will bring, but I am intrigued enough to keep watching – at least for a little while.
          The reason I bring up the start of this year’s baseball season is that it reminded me of how much we can do when we don’t worry about playing for an audience.  When we are committed to playing the game of life to the best of our ability and not merely to be seen by onlookers, we will probably be able to accomplish more and do more good.  If we are concerned with impressing people by how well we do something, we might miss out on the amount of good we can be doing.  Jesus seemed to draw on this point when He compared the “showy” prayer of a religious leader with the heart-felt prayer of a common man when He said, “I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:14).
          Let’s conduct our lives like everyone is watching us, but let’s work like the only one we are trying to impress is God.  When we do that, we will keep our lives and our motives pure.
          Think About It!

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