false gospel

So iTeam was tonight. I love our iteam. I think some awesome bonds are forming and we're seeing some incredible growth in people and relationships. Today's lesson was just phenominal. We talked about how we adhere to false gospels and our lives tend to become about those things. Some examples were the gospel of acceptance, or the gospel of materialism. I think I realized for myself, it's a gospel of apathy. I know God for what he is and I understand (as much as my pathetic human self can) God and what he wants of me. Yet I don't care. I would rather be comfortable and sit around and not challenge myself. I love the idea of watching a football game. I love downloading some stupid app. for my computer. These things in and of themselves are not evil things. They are instead gray areas of my life. They are great things that God has given me to enjoy life. However, I cannot, and this is hard for me to admit, let sports be as much of a focus for me as it is. So I must make God a higher priority and be "sold out" for him, to use a cliche. It seems funny too, because I think about school work and say, why should I be doing this stuff. It doesn't matter in God's eyes. Yet that is my apathy and taking the easy way out sinking in. I forget the reason why I'm at this school. It's to further God's kingdom. I can't teach and coach if I don't work to get there. So I must keep my eyes on the prize of God's kingdom covering the earth and work hard. It seems ironic that I almost seem to be making more time for God by taking less focus on him for school. It's just another balance of Christianity that I must strive to learn and achieve. Remind me some time to tell you about my thought on balances in Christianity. Alright, those are my thoughts. I love you guys.

ps: That guy in the picture is Illini linebacker J. Leman. He is a great guy. He's crazy, loves to hit, has a mullet, and pretty much is amazing. He's celebrating our 2-0 start this year in the picture. The part of this that's interesting is, I found out he's a Christian today in a newspaper article I stumbled across. That's really exciting to me. I probably have the most respect for him out of any men I've never met but know a lot about. That is all.