Isaiah 30:19-21
The excitement of a good football game
includes times of success and failure for both teams. Sometimes the way it looks in the middle of
the game is no reflection of what is to come. One of the marks of a successful football
team is the ability to change their game plan as needed at halftime. Our lives can certainly benefit from
adjustments as well. Call timeout! How will you play the rest of the game?
The rest of your life can be the best of
your life.
Age has no relevance to our
halftime since we don’t know how long our lives will be.
To pair age with maturity
is foolishness.
If the first half was a
quest for success, the second half is a journey to significance.
The game is won or lost
in the second half, not the first.
What needs to happen at
halftime to be victorious in life?
I. We Must Understand Our Situation
Leaders and losers of the first
half need to make adjustments to win the game.
A. Dangers for Halftime Leaders
1. Pride that leads to complacency
2. Overestimation that leads to underachievement
B. Dangers for Halftime Losers
1. Discouragement that leads to Defeat
2. Projecting past defeat into future failure
Don’t live in the past, but learn
from it.
II.
We Must
Acknowledge our Weaknesses - Proverbs
29:20-21
It was not the calls of the referees
that cost you the first half.
Accepting responsibility
places the power to make things different in your hands.
Acknowledging our weakness
positions us to receive instruction
