Yesterday was the end of the football transfer window with many people sitting up late to find out which transfers would be made before the time ran out; whose allegiances are different this morning to last night? It always amazes me how many transfers are made and announced at the last minute and it got me thinking. People sit up waiting for the football transfer window to close with great interest, but when was the last time we took that much interest in the transfer window we are currently all in?

The issues with this transfer window are that we don’t know when it is going to end and there won’t be another one later in the year. Maybe you know that your allegiance already lies with Christ and that’s great, but how much of an interest do you take in those who have yet to change their allegiance? Imagine if we took the same level of interest as excited football fans did yesterday. What would that look like?

Unlike those excited football fans, we have been asked by the owner of the club to get involved – “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). So rather than sitting on the sofa watching the sports news we need to get out there and get involved in showing our communities what it means to have allegiance to Christ.