It's the time of year where basketball fans get excited about the big college basketball tournament to find this year's National Champion. What draws so many people's attention is that it is such an unpredictable event. Teams that shouldn't win, manage to win. College age young men become heroes by making big shots. The madness is truly based on things happening that nobody expected.
The more I think about it, this tournament with 65 teams all fighting and working hard to accomplish childhood dreams is probably more predictable than life itself. We tend to think that tomorrow is a promise...that the people we love will be at dinner again tonight...that our cars will start the next time we turn the key. At least with the tournament, we can know that someone is going to win the big game.
I've been challenged during our study of Mark to consider what is predictable in my life. What can I always count on? Who should I be placing my hope in? I know the good Sunday School answer is, Jesus, but that simple answer is easy to say and difficult to live. I'm striving this week for God to increase my awareness of total dependence on Him. I've discovered the most "madness" in my life when I get away from that reality and the most security the more I realize and respond to it.
I'll leave the madness to the basketball court but you can bet I'll enjoy watching it from a distance.
Brent Hudson
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