United Fresno

Confession time. I know it’s been awhile. I’m a trifle obsessed when it comes to video games. When I was a kid, I actually threw a Nintendo at my brother (and broke it) because he had erased a season on my baseball game in which I created the “perfect” team from scratch. I’m not the only crazy person. I saw a documentary about how these adult men actually consume hours and hours of their lives, trying to acheive the high score in Donkey Kong. It was pretty amazing and pathetic at the same time.

For some of you the biggest hurt of your fasting is the fact that you don’t get to pick up that controller and play some video games. I feel for you. I am with you.

But, while we’re on the subject of perfection, I thought it would be interesting to see if Jesus had any thoughts about it. Lo and behold, the next part of Jesus’ prayer for us talks about it…

“‘I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me’” (John 17:23a).

I like the idea of taking a mediocre or even bad team in a video game and making them amazing. Just recently I took Fresno State and made them a national power in football in a video game. But it seems that God is also interested in taking the not-so-perfect and making them perfect. Isn’t it cool to see how God “perfects” us? Unity. Jesus in us. The Father in Jesus. This matters so much because, again, the world sees that God is the real deal.

So let’s pray to be in perfect unity with Jesus and the Father…

“Father, I pray that as I stay close to Your Son that I am also close to You. Father, I am so thankful that You desire to bring us into that perfect place of being in sync with You. Father, I pray that I will continue to learn more and more about who I am in You. Show me Your heart. Show me what You care about. I want to be perfectly in sync with You. Amen.”