Doesn’t Matter How You Got Here

If you’re on a sports team, it matters…

Your teammates either count it against you or to your credit.

They feel like you either deserve to be on the team, or you deserve to go.

Concerning themselves, they believe they worked hard to get there and earned their place on the team.

They tell stories about you—like, “He’s only on the team because his dad is friends with the coach.”

They constantly compare. They keep score. They tally the stats. They keep track.

If you’re on a sports team, it matters how you got there…

And it matters how you perform if you’re gonna stay there.

In God’s Kingdom and God’s House it’s different.

“This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building.” (Ephesians 2.19 MSG)

Did you catch that?

YOU BELONG HERE.

You belong in God’s family, in God’s house.

You are part of what He is building and doing, regardless of your past.

He’s using us all—IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW WE GOT HERE.

I love that.

Your past isn’t the defining issue…

And quite frankly, your performance isn’t the defining issue.

It doesn’t matter how you got here.

You’re here now.

And you belong.