“Champions by God’s Power”

Sunday, June 24, 2018

VBS starts today, and it is an exciting week for learning Bible stories in fresh, exciting, and memorable ways. It is one of my favorite weeks of the year for our church family because I like seeing the joy that it brings kids and grown-ups to worship and learning the stories of God’s plan to save us.

This year’s theme—Circle Of Champions—gives us a chance to look at people who did more than they could ever have accomplished on their own. David wasn’t strong enough to overcome Goliath on his own, Joseph didn’t get out of prison by his own smarts, and Daniels’ friends didn’t live through the fiery furnace because of a superhero ability to withstand flames. All of this week’s stories are about people who did something truly great, but they did it by God’s power.

That’s why we’re studying these stories: to remind us that through God’s power, amazing things still happen in the lives of his people. I hope your goal is to live a life that could put you among the greats of Hebrews chapter 11. Because “we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,” and our goal should be to follow their examples.

All the characteristics of champions that we’ll talk about this week—a champion’s courage, or obedience, or endurance, or relationships, or joy—come down to whether we believe in God. The important thing is to remember that while we may be able to stand as champions with the great heroes of the Bible, it will be because of the great power of Jesus Christ. “Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered!” (Rev. 5:5)

- Dan Lankford, minister

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