Who's Gonna Win?

The team is gathered in our living room.  They have been practicing for this day.  It is a big game in the city-wide basketball tournament.  Kris, a high school math teacher, is the oldest on the team.  He is giving his teen-aged African teammates a pep talk.  The have gone over the plays.  They have rehearsed their strategy.  Now Kris inspires them with words of encouragement and then calls them to a unified ending with the dramatic, climactic question: "Now WHO'S gonna WIN?"

pause...

The players look at each other.  They are confused.

"We don't know who is going to win, we haven't played yet."

All Kris can do is laugh (on the inside, of course) and try to explain, "WE are!  We have to believe that WE are gonna win!"  The confidence booster is lost on them.

Don't we live life like that sometimes?  Like we've forgotten Who is gonna win?  The difference is, we aren't playing basketball and we aren't playing against another team of equal skill.  In our life, the Lord Himself is our Leader and He has already won!  But for some reason, it seems like His children often find themselves fretting over difficulties in life as if they've forgotten Who is gonna win.  When we do so, we are acting like that basketball team, looking around at each other, wondering who is gonna be the strong one, or even who is gonna be the weak link. The great news is, we don't have to because in Christ we are already victorious!  Let's act like winners!

Kris and his basketball team in Eritrea.  Can you guess which one is Kris? :)