January 30th, 2008 
Dana Fisher …Proclaim to it the message I give to you. – Jonah 3:2
Yesterday was media day at the Super Bowl. A general circus of reporters clamour for players attention and ask some of the most ludicrous questions you could imagine.
My team, the Patriots, are in the Super Bowl this year and as such I was interested in what would be said, who would be talking, etc… About 20 minutes in to the event a reporter asked Tom Brady what his purpose in life was. “Why do you have this platform?” he asked.
Hmmm…
Jonah had a platform. He was charged with going into Nineveh and proclaiming God’s message. Scared, he ran from God but our God is so big there’s nowhere to hide. God will never force us to do what he asks but we will face trials by disobeying. Once we obey we find that what He asks of us was never more than we can bear. It wasn’t so bad after all.
For the longest time I wanted a giant platform. How cool would it be to be Tom Brady? To sit on that stage, in front of hundreds of reporters, broadcast on ESPN all over the world and proclaim Jesus Christ is Lord! I could make a difference!
It took me a long time to realize that I had a platform all along. Tom Brady couldn’t get to know each person individually at a computer company. It just wouldn’t work. Some don’t follow football, most don’t get the metro look. But God knew I could.
For most of us we are only concerned about ourselves. We want a different job and a better bigger platform. I couldn’t be a doctor but there are Christian brothers out there right now curing ailments and bringing God’s message to hospital staff and patients.
Like Jonah we run and try to do what is best for us. Once we surrender and stop thinking about ourselves we can begin to exact change in our very own backyards. Jonah finally obeyed and saved an entire city from destruction and hell.
Psalm 96:2 says: “Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.” Be happy with where you are. You’re there for a reason doing a task only God felt you could handle. You may hate it, as I sometimes do, but remember that nothing is impossible with God and your platform is just as important as ever other. What is your purpose in life?
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