Article January 24, 1970 Issue

For the Glory of God

[For young teens]

BERNICE KING BRIGHAM

It is just before the big game. You are the captain of the team, and the pregame jitters are making you feel a little scared. Will you make a mistake, drop the ball, fumble a play, miss the basket, strike out? You feel the pressure of winning. Your coaches expect it. Your family is present and wants you to do well, and your teammates are looking to you to help pull them through to victory.

It is at this point that you acknowledge again that God is all-powerful and always present, and that as His child you reflect His calmness, strength, and ability. You try to eliminate from your thought fear of failure, inadequacy, and self-will and to know that God supplies you with the intelligence, capacity, speed, and strength to play the game with precision and accuracy; and that He also provides all who participate in the game with protection and absolute safety. You remember the words of the Apostle Paul, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."^{I Cor. 1:31;}

Although this may be the most challenging thing to do, you try hard to rest in God's love and let His will be done. You remind yourself again that whichever team wins, the game will not be played for your glory or for the glory of the team but for the glory of God. You know that since God supplies the strength, accuracy, and ability, to God must go the glory for a game well played.

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