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It didn't take long for the commercial to hit the airwaves.  Just the day after the SuperBowl we see Aaron Rodgers, SuperBowl winning quarterback, trotting off the playing field with his pointer finger in the air declaring that he was, "going to Disney World".  I began to wonder how they got that footage in a commercial so quick?  How did they know he was the SuperBowl MVP and did they have  a deal cut with him and possibly Big Ben Roethlisberger before the game even started to see who would make that bold exclaimation?  At lease Aaron got one thing kind of right, they were number 1 as his pointer finger suggested.

Have you ever seen an athlete win a big game but still be last in the league and walk off the field or court exclaiming that they were number 1?  It's exuberance in it's finest.  They have an hour, a moment, a flash of brillance and the pointer finger is raised high.  No one wants to be number two or three.  There is not nearly enough power in holding four fingers in the air exclaiming you are in fourth place!There is a lot of competition in your and my life to be number one or even to fight for the top position in your own personal life.

In Ephesians 4:4-6 Paul says, "the is ONE body, and ONE spirit-just as you were called to ONE hope when you were called-One Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism; ONE God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all".  That's a whole lot of pointer finger waving isn't?  Apparently the only ONE bold enough to wave that pointer finger is God himself.  The great "I AM".  We all share the same God and same son in Jesus Christ.  We all share in the same redemption and grace but not all of us share in placing God as the number ONE thing in our life.

A man named Willard Tate once told me that he could tell me what was important by looking at my day planner and check book.  Ever think about that?  Parent's here's what I want you to do this week, go through yours and your Students "day planner" and see where your investment of time is.  Look at your financial portfolio and see where God and his kingdom fit.  Lots of people want to be spiritual or want to raise spiritual kids.  There is a part of you that wants that too or you wouldn't be reading this.  The starting point to that is looking at how much you are investing in your relationship with God.  Talk with your Students about your time and money.  Ask yourself the tough question, is God number ONE in my life?