Tomorrow night, the NFL will begin its annual right of passage for collegiate heroes who hope to trade their alma mater’s adulation for professional riches. Millions of fans will tune in to ESPN to hear Mel Kiper, Jr. (was Mel Kiper, Sr. a draft guru, too?), Todd McShay and others gush over the prowess of various prospects.
The NFL Draft has become so big, this year for the first time it’s opening on a Thursday during prime time and being extended through Friday and Saturday. If a two-day draft is good, a three-day draft should be great, right?
Besides who will be the top picks, other questions awaiting answers include: How high will Tim Tebow (“Tim Terrific”) be drafted? Which seemingly can’t-miss prospect will see his draft stock plummet? And who will be “Mr. Irrelevant,” the very last pick of the seven-round draft? Keep calm – soon all those questions will have proper answers!
But what if a national draft were conducted for your profession, whether it be sales, medicine, homemaking, business administration, clerical work, engineering, truck driving, accounting, teaching, mechanical trades, or whatever role you happen to fill? Where would you be drafted?
Based on performance – or potential – do you think you would be a top-round pick, maybe even one of the very first draft choices? Or would your name be called in a later round? Would it be called at all?
For most of us, playing in the NFL is not even a dream or a fantasy, much less a hope or a goal. But we can resolve to be the best we can be at whatever God has equipped and called us to do. “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
The NFL Draft has become so big, this year for the first time it’s opening on a Thursday during prime time and being extended through Friday and Saturday. If a two-day draft is good, a three-day draft should be great, right?
Besides who will be the top picks, other questions awaiting answers include: How high will Tim Tebow (“Tim Terrific”) be drafted? Which seemingly can’t-miss prospect will see his draft stock plummet? And who will be “Mr. Irrelevant,” the very last pick of the seven-round draft? Keep calm – soon all those questions will have proper answers!
But what if a national draft were conducted for your profession, whether it be sales, medicine, homemaking, business administration, clerical work, engineering, truck driving, accounting, teaching, mechanical trades, or whatever role you happen to fill? Where would you be drafted?
Based on performance – or potential – do you think you would be a top-round pick, maybe even one of the very first draft choices? Or would your name be called in a later round? Would it be called at all?
For most of us, playing in the NFL is not even a dream or a fantasy, much less a hope or a goal. But we can resolve to be the best we can be at whatever God has equipped and called us to do. “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
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