February 17, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, February 17.
On February 17, 1963, the “GOAT” was born - Michael Jordan! Fans love to debate about who was the best player in the history of one sport or another, and those conversations can get pretty heated. But the idea that Jordan is the “Greatest of All Time” seems to be widely accepted by most basketball fans. I certainly count myself in that group.
I only had the pleasure of seeing MJ play in person one time. I was living in Dallas in 1997 when the Chicago Bulls came to town. I was a big b-ball fan, and had been to lots of Rocket games growing up in Houston. But that spring night in Reunion Arena was a revelation. The court was filled with world-class athletes, young men who had been stars all their lives - and all I could focus on was Mike. And he was never difficult to find, no one ever looked - or played - like Jordan. He dominated the game. He was the man. He is the GOAT.
Our world, at any one moment, has just a few individuals like that, A-type personalities who command our attention, who dominate the conversation, who make the headlines. There were people like that in the Bible, too, movers and shakers like Moses and Abraham, like Esther and Deborah, like David and Daniel, like Peter and Paul. They were mightily used by Almighty God. That’s no surprise. The surprise lies in the fact that He also uses ordinary folks, like Ruth and Rahab, like Jonah and Jabez, like Mary and Joseph . . . like me and you.
I close with a verse I love - Acts 4:13 - “When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. But then they understood that they had been with Jesus”.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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