Austin Booth is a 12-year-old football player in Florida. And like most
football players, he had always wanted to make a touchdown. During a
game last month, his wish came true – but only with the help of his
teammates.
Austin has congenital
heart disease and is in heart failure, meaning he cannot have a
transplant. In that condition, it was nearly impossible for him to be
able to run a touchdown like another tailback in good health.
But his coach came up
with a way for Austin to score a touchdown. It would require the help
of his team and the sympathetic cooperation of the opposing team.
A video posted by
Austin’s mother onto Facebook shows Austin being sent onto the field for
the special play. The ball is snapped and handed to Austin, who climbs
onto the back of a bigger, stronger teammate. His teammate carried him
down the field and crossed the goal line for a touchdown with players on
both teams cheering for him.
“They were running the touchdown with him
and it was just amazing,” said Angela Booth, Austin’s mother. “This was
so much bigger than football,” Angela told
ActionNewsJax.com.
After the touchdown, Austin was carried
off the field on the shoulders of his coach, with his hands held high in
the air, with a few “dabs” along the way.
Due to the “failures of our hearts” (our
sins), we were unable to achieve victory over sin and death. What we
could not do ourselves, Christ accomplished for us. He paid the price
for our sins by dying on the cross (Ephesians 1:7). He died and was
buried, but on the third day, He arose from the grave (1 Corinthians
15:1-3). Jesus won the ultimate victory over sin and death! He invites
us to “climb onto His back” so that He can carry us to victory.
Christ has promised to share His victory
with us when we place our
faith
and trust in Him
(Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Him before men
(Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) into
Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38). As we continue to
walk in the light of His Word, then He will continue to cleanse us from
our sins by His redeeming blood (1 John 1:7-9).
Recognizing the failures of his own heart
(his struggle with sin), the Apostle Paul exclaimed: “What a wretched
man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24 NIV).
Then he answered his question: “Thanks be to God -- through Jesus Christ
our Lord!” (Romans 7:25).
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in
vain in the Lord.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57-58
YOU
can share in Christ’s victory over sin and death if only you will “climb
onto His back” in trusting obedience.
-- David A. Sargent
* Information gleaned from “Florida boy, 12, with
failing heart scores touchdown: 'This was so much bigger than football'”
by Alexandria Hein of Fox News,
www.foxnews.com.
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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