In grade nine my son decided to join the school wrestling team. I was able to attend a couple of the school matches. It was so great to see all these kids mixing it up on the mats.
My son had three matches. When his second match came up, I worked my way closer to where he was wrestling. Standing with him on the mat was a little guy, easily a foot shorter than my boy. I shook my head in confusion. I thought they were matched by weight. There was no way this boy was in the same weight class as my son. I felt sorry for the boy and hoped Gavin would go easy on him.
The match began and after a putting up a few seconds of fight, my son was on the mat. The smaller boy having skillfully taken him down. I was flabbergasted.
My son worked his way towards me smiling. I looked at him in surprise and said, “I thought for sure you’d win that match!”
He laughed and said, “No way! That kid is from my school. They allow him to wrestle above his weight class cause he’s so good. I knew I wouldn’t beat him. I was happy I lasted as long as I did.”
Gavin had information I didn’t have. He knew more about his competitor than I did. I was looking at the surface. Like the Israelite people when they picked Saul as their king, God saw something the people didn’t see. Or Saul’s army when they feared Goliath, David in his sureness of God’s goodness saw something they wouldn’t see.
It is almost impossible to be aware of our own blind spots. That is why it’s important that we continue to humble ourselves before God and allow him to show us where we err. We need to continue to turn to Him for wisdom.
Psalm 25: 4-5 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Roberta Writes 