I AM BLOG.

I’ve been watching Friday Night Lights lately and I can’t help but see so much Christian imagery through out the show. During practices and games, the Panthers always say, “Clear eyes, full hearts. Can’t lose.” The more I repeat this line, the more it means to me and the more I want to live by it.

When we have “clear eyes,” or when our focus is solely on God and when our hearts or full of Him, we cannot lose.

To put it plainly, we are at war. Every day, every person we come in contact with, these are our battlefields. But the war was won when God was God. In His sovereignty, He orchestrated not just a victorious plan, but He orchestrated victory from the beginning. Just so as long as we have our heart’s eyes focused on God and have our hearts filled with Him, we cannot lose because we have already been won.

Brothers and sisters, I am guilty of having my vision obscured and my heart filled with the things that are not of God. And when I reflect back on those times, my heart feels heavy. But in some mind boggling way, God tells me that I am victorious. That I cannot lose. Christ made sure of that.

Surely this does not mean that we can live our lives blindly and with our hearts filled with the things of this world. It is time that we live like saints who have been won by Christ, with our vision clear and our hearts full.