Just this past weekend, I was thinking a lot about positions on the soccer field. Both kids play soccer and are learning the importance of playing and sticking to your assigned position. This has been tough for Kailee because this season her team has lost some players and is sharing a couple players with another team. So in practice Kailee is playing one position (striker), but in the games she is not playing striker; she is playing various other positions. This has led to numerous times when the coach is yelling for her to get back in position, her current position-not the one she is comfortable playing.
Benjamin also has a position he is most comfortable playing. His comfort level is not based on practice time, however. He simply wants to play defense because he is worried the other team will score if he is not back there to help defend his goal. We have talked to Benjamin about his need to be flexible and play the position that helps his team the most, rather than the one he really wants to play.
This got me to thinking about positions and where God places us. Often God seems to put us in positions where we may not be the most comfortable. Whether it is due to having more experience in certain areas or being fearful of situations, we all have a place we would rather God not place us because we just won't be comfortable there. We think it might be too much work, or it may demand too much of us. We are afraid we might fail, so we don't even want to try. But God knows what is best for His team, and we need to think in terms of His team rather than what is best for me. I know that the position God might place our family in, the loss of another foster child, is not one we are comfortable with. However, God can give us His comfort and His peace and somehow use this position to grow us into better team members as we press on in this "game" in which He has already won the victory for us!
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