ONE: FCA Reading Plan For CompetitorsSample

Knuckleballs and Knuckleheads

By Charles Gee

READY: 

“I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.” – Jeremiah 10:23

SET:

In baseball, the knuckleball is probably the hardest pitch to throw, hit and catch. The pitcher doesn’t know where it’s going when he throws it, the hitter has difficulty adjusting to the ball’s random movement, and the poor catcher can only try his best to knock it down as it crosses the plate. The knuckleball is slow by Major League standards, only traveling between 60 and 75 miles per hour. It seems to have a mind of its own as it moves, dips and drops in every direction. That’s one reason knuckleball pitchers give up a high number of walks and throw a lot of wild pitches.

Jeremiah 10:23 reminds us that we can be a great deal like the knuckleball. How often do we find ourselves in trouble as a result of trying to direct our own lives? Like the knuckleball, we move this way, dip that way and flutter in every possible direction. Have you ever been called or acted like a “knucklehead”? 

Jeremiah tells us we don’t have to be that way. When we surrender our lives to Jesus, they are no longer our own. We no longer determine our own path; we give Him that right. 

Trying to direct our own lives is as hopeless as trying to direct a knuckleball, anyway. If we want any sort of direction, we need to surrender our will to God. He will show us the way, directing us to His best plan and His best purpose.

GO:

1. Are you making all the plans in your life and leaving God out of the process? How’s that working?

2. Are you ready to surrender your life to God? Who can you talk to about this decision?

WORKOUT:

1 Corinthians 1:25

2 Corinthians 1:12

OVERTIME:

“Lord, thank You for loving me even when I act like a knucklehead. Help me today to surrender to Your will and not my own.”