Do you remember when Jesus came into your life? I will never forget as an eight-year-old boy walking upstairs and asking my mother how I could know for sure that Jesus was Lord of my life. As an eight-year-old, I was unable to articulate my thoughts in an eloquent manner but thankfully God drew my heart to Him, heard my prayer of repentance and changed my life.
That was 30 years ago and since then, I have been on a journey of striving to walk with the Lord. There have been many times along the way that I have failed, but the Lord continues to lead me down a path that challenges me to trust Him and motivates me to follow Him with all of my heart.
Just this morning, I was spending some moments praying for the 2010 Ambassador season and God brought to mind a passage of scripture that my mom and I memorized after Jesus touched my life.
"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalms 100
That passage has been written on my heart for many years now, and it is amazing how the Lord continues to teach me new things from His timeless Word. Psalms 100 says so many things about who God is and what He is like. Today, as I was praying for the Ambassadors, the Lord caused the very last verse in Psalms 100 to leap off the page and penetrate my soul. "For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations."
Today, I could not help but be amazed at how God's hand has moved in so many ways through all the generations. In the midst of a culture that seems to be moving further and further away from the heart of God, today His Word reminded me that God is faithful to move in the lives of people in every generation. God's faithfulness and His pursuit of man is just amazing to me.
What is even more amazing is the fact that God allows us to play a part in His pursuit of man. This morning, I was just blown away that God has chosen us to be ambassadors for Him. God is the One who is moving in our generation and is allowing us to go communicate His message. God is so faithful and creative to connect with each generation that He gave us abilities on a baseball field and is sending us to serve as His ambassadors. In His ivine plan, He has allowed us to be influential as athletes on a baseball field and we are called to simply walk His road.
What an honor it is to follow Jesus and serve as Ambassadors for Christ.
Amazingly, 2010 is shaping up and things are moving fast and furious. We are excited because many of our former Ambassadors are coming back to play with us. Guys like Aaron Cornell from Roff, Josh Clark from Buna Texas, Jordan Booth from Red Oak, Caden Cleveland from OKC, Chase Payton from Midland Texas and Brendan Barr from Roff, to name a few. God is also sending some new athletes to us who are not only blessed on the baseball field but are young men who want to use their talents to serve the Lord like Dillon Tinkler from Latta, Taylor Richie from Fort Gibson, Josh Johnston from Tulsa , and Ramon Perez from the Dominican Republic.
Amazingly, God is continuing this promise to reveal His faithfulness to our generation and one of the ways He is following through with that is calling us to share His message on a baseball field this summer. We are getting ready to serve as Ambassadors so join us in praying for our 2010 season.
Here is the schedule for the summer so do your best to adjust your calendar to come out and watch a game or two.
June 1 SW Shockers OKC, OK
3 - 5 Queen City Classic Springfield, MO
8 Woodward Woodward, OK
10 - 13 Justin Sullivan Tourn. OKC/Edmond, OK
15 Okla. Baseball Academy TBA
17 - 20 Colorado Classic Colorado
22 - 25 Brett Brothers Tourn. Lincoln, NB
June 27 - July 4th OFF WEEK
July 6 Woodward OKC, OK
8 - 11 Air Hogs Showcase Grand Prairie, TX
13 Ada Braves Ada, Oklahoma
15 - 18 Wichita State Showcase Wichita, KS
20 SW Shockers Cache, OK
22 - 24 OU Showcase Norman, OK
July 26 – Aug. 1 International Trip TBA
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
by Chris Wall