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In Season and Out of Season

2 Timothy 4:1-5 I will admit to you, I am not an avid sports fan, but I do enjoy a good game. Last night was the best Super Bowl I have ever seen. One play stood out to me, as I’m sure it did to you, above all the rest. At the end of the first half, with the Cardinals set to score, James Harrison, a Pittsburgh Linebacker, intercepted the football and ran from the Cardinal’s end zone to his own. 100 yards of improbability played out for the whole country to see. James is a professional athlete, in constant training! But, his training focuses on being a linebacker. He doesn’t train for speed or distance; he trains for defense and hard blocking! No one would have a second thought if he intercepted it and only made it twenty yards. He still would have accolades and the appreciation of many fans. The terrible towels would still wave. But James made a decision to go as far as his legs would take him. He pushed the limits of his lung capacity (as seen after the fact as he lay gasping in the e