What Comes First?

[191 words] Even before his outstanding years as Harding University’s quarterback, Tom Ed Gooden was noted by the Arkansas Gazette as being the best high school quarterback in his district. The newspaper ran a picture of Tom Ed with the caption, “Not On Wednesday.” It seems that another school had tried to schedule a game with his team, Carlisle, Arkansas, on Wednesday evening. But, his coach replied that they couldn’t do it. “My quarterback is a member of the church of Christ,” he said, “and he goes to church on Wednesday nights. He won’t miss for any reason, and I can’t win without him.” Parents, young people, when it comes to choosing between serving God and pleasing self, what comes first? What do we choose? Do we choose the game or do we choose God? “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness,” and all these things…