Comfort in Chaos
Our
service of the people of sport is often mundane and slow. There are hours
of standing and watching a practice, long bus rides or plane flights to endure
along with occasional doubts about the wisdom of such use of time. At
other times we’re in a vortex of noise, confusion, anxious personalities,
screaming people and indecision. To serve effectively we must find a way
to be comfortable in such chaos.
We feel
the chaos for a number of reasons, among them is the fact that we’re really not
in control of most of the situations where we serve. Someone else is
running the practice, the competition, the emergency room, the surgery center,
the coaches’ conference room or changing room. The lack of control feels
like chaos.
Another
reason for our discomfort is that we’re seldom the center of attention.
If we’re Church leaders, we’re probably used to everyone following our lead and
our agenda. It feels chaotic when we’re not in charge of the timing of
the team’s activities. We have to become comfortable with that and simply
fulfill our responsibilities.
The
closer one is to the court, pitch, field or ground at the time of competition,
the more the chaos is amplified. While standing on the sideline of
college football for 15 seasons has ruined me, I hate to watch games from the
seats, it has made me progressively more comfortable with the rush of
chaotic-feeling noise and activity which surrounds me and the team.
Let’s
become comfortable with the chaos which accompanies our world of sport and
simply relax. Our relaxed attitude will make us more effective in
service, more winsome in nature, and more intuitive in heart with those whom we
serve.
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