"Talk About Jesus"

During the Regional debate tournament this past weekend, I would tell my friends who were about to go into a speech round to "talk about Jesus." It wasn't a flippant comment to talk about what the judges wanted to hear, I really meant it. What got me thinking about always talking about Jesus was 1st Corinthians 1:26 through 31. I had read this passage on my way up to Seattle for the tournament and I decided to make those verses my goal:

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

My prayer as I drove up to what could be my last official tournament experience, was that I would not even be able to boast in myself or my abilities, much less want too. Instead I wanted to boast in the Lord and in what He is doing through my life. I wanted to talk about Jesus, not about myself.

At the tournament, Lauren and I got 10th place in debate, only 1 slot away from qualifying to the national tournament. I've known other kids who break down crying from disappointment when they get the slot before qualifying, but for me there was an overwhelming peace, knowing that God was working on me.

I did get a couple medals, which I'll most likely slide under my bed, where they will gather dust with all the other trophies. I won't boast in them, I will boast in the Lord and what He did this weekend.

I want to talk about Jesus.