One of my baseball teammates has two little boys that attend many of our games. One of the first times I met one of the boys, he promptly stated "I belong to my daddy". His immediate identity was tied to that of his dad. I thought about that statement relative to my life. I want my life to reflect that I belong to my daddy and my daddy is Jesus Christ. Anything that draws attention to me in the absence of my daddy is bad but anything that draws attention to my Lord (at least in a positive way).
When we attend an Indians game, we sometimes sit up in the upper, upper deck. Mainly because we are cheap. During the game, we might yell out "C'mon Kipnis". Now where we sit, Kipnis has no more chance of hearing us than he does hearing someone stationed on the moon. Yet, why do we yell such a thing? (I am drawing a distinction between this type of yelling and general cheering which melds together with the rest of the crowd). Because we like to draw attention to ourselves. I remember being in New York City around Thanksgiving and someone was driving in a convertible with the top down blaring tunes. It was probably about 30 degrees out. Drawing attention to ourselves again.
It then is a far distance to go from purposeful behavior to draw attention to ourselves to draw attention to my heavenly father. I pray about it every day, but man is it hard. Am I living in a way that draws attention away from myself and towards my heavenly father? Because I belong to my daddy.
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