Draft Picks

On Wednesday I received “the other Bible” in the mail: The 2012 Pro Football Weekly’s NFL Draft Preview. OK, maybe that is a slight exaggeration :-), but I have always been a draft-nik. I love watching how teams utilize the draft to build up their teams…except the Browns! Usually, when they get to their picks (with the exception of the last couple of years), I want to put my foot through the TV because they so often overreach for a player (use a high draft choice to get a player they could have gotten in the later rounds)! Not that I am bitter....

As I watch how teams build themselves through player selection, I cannot help but think that if God were putting together a team through the draft, everyone would be left scratching their heads at His picks. You, me, us…He WAY overreached for us!! He traded up to the top pick of the draft with His own Son to claim us. No one in their right mind would have done that! But, that is both the amazing grace of God and the amazing genius of God. Somehow, through a plethora of mind-boggling choices, He crafts a winning team - His church. He coaches us, teaches us, puts us into the right position and empowers us. 

Yes, on April 26th, I’ll be eating wings and watching with bated breath as the Browns choose their players for the future.  But, I will also rejoice in the grace of God and how He has personally chosen every one of us!!