There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a times to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to serach and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
The late great coach of the Miami Dolphins, Don Shula, would tell his players, “You haven’t learned a thing until take action and use it. Learning is defined as a change in behavior.”
You haven’t learned a thing until you change. You have to take what you know and apply it to make changes to your life. That’s the only way you get better.
Look at that last sentence again – that’s the only way you get better.
What is true for football is ever more true for the Christian life. Following Jesus means changing on a daily basis as we learn more about what it means to be a Christ-follower. Following Jesus means becoming more like Jesus. Following Jesus means we change and transform more to the image of Christ.
Praxis: Faith in Action 