It’s that time of the year! For those of you who are not familiar with “March Madness” it refers to the NCAA men & women’s division 1 basketball championship tournament that happens in March every year. It seems like March Madness is something that gets the whole nation pumped up and excited like the Superbowl. People are filling out the tournament brackets to see if they can guess the outcome of the tournament. For this year’s tournament, Warren Buffett has offered a 1 billion dollar prize for a perfect bracket. The odds of filling out the perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion. For next year’s tournament, maybe I should go to the Media and throw out a big amount of money prize for the perfect bracket because the chances of someone winning that prize is almost zero.
As I was driving home from work on Wednesday, I heard a debate on the radio on who each person thought was going to win the tournament. There were 5 men involved in this debate and each person sounded so intelligent that I was amazed by how much information each person knew about each basketball team represented in the tournament. These people truly deserve to be called experts and if someone was to guess the perfect bracket, it would be one of these people for sure.
However, if you have ever been through March Madness before, you know there is always the “upset” factor that messes up everyone’s bracket, including the experts’. Since I started following March Madness, there has always been at least one upset that messed up everyone’s brackets. This year’s tournament started out with a huge upset and there were at least 2 more upsets on the first day of the tournament alone. How ridiculous is that! How are we supposed to get the perfect bracket and win the billion dollar prize with all these “upset” factors?! I guess that’s the beauty of “March Madness” that draws me in.
Who’s your top pick for this year’s March Madness? Although I didn’t fill out a complete bracket this year, I am hoping for either Kansas or Kentucky to be the winner of this year’s tournament. I know Kentucky may not be the best pick but I think they have so much talent and potential to be the winners. I guess we will find out in a week!
Being surrounded by so much uncertainty in life, I am reminded of the confidence and hope in Jesus Christ. There is no “upset” for us because Jesus Christ has already won the battle for us on the cross. We just have to trust in Him and walk victoriously. How awesome it is to know that we will all receive the prize that God set before us whether we live a perfect life or not!
From Pastor Brian’s Heart
March 23, 2014