It's fascinating to think about symbols, especially as a Christian. One of the symbols that I've been thinking about lately is the "greatest of all time" symbol.
More and more I'm seeing that broken down into the word GOAT, like an acronym. I'm starting to see the goats head symbol more and more on things that I didn't really expect to see them.
Not a satanic thing, it's just marketers and businesses trying to get your attention by saying that they're celebrating the greatest of all time or they're encouraging the greatest of all time or whatever.
Sometimes it is the Satanic symbol. In today's woke societal efforts, it's become fashionable to go against Christian thinking and morals. And the ultimate way to do that is to go with Satan. At least that's what some people believe.
And so they put up Satanic symbols or get a tattoo that reminds you of something that a Satanic cult might have. What they don't seem to understand is the actual opposite of faith in Jesus would be unbelief. I've long thought that the devil has been using symbols and marketing to to corrupt them and turn them into things of his own to bring glory to him instead of glory to God.
And the whole "greatest of all time" thing is one of them. Sports was pure and just focused on the game and then it became all about the individual and that individual's performance and then remixing individuals into ultra high performing teams that never existed.
But they exist on paper, in private, online leagues. And of course, everybody argues about who the greatest of all time is, and businesses pump out that the greatest of all time is here, and news organizations report on somebody possibly becoming the greatest of all time. And let's all be goats!
But Jesus taught something different. Christianity believes in the Lamb of God and his teaching: Humble and put yourself second and put others before you. One of my favorite verses even talks about how Christians should be happy with second place.
So the goat versus the lamb. The lamb symbol is soft and weak and stupid and now after many years, in some circles, considered a sexual preference, which is vulgar but people joke about it and making fun of others that they don't consider the greatest of all time.
But the goat versus the lamb. Maybe that's why I'm not into competition and sports and comparing performance notes and arguing about who's better at what.
But I am. I prefer the lamb. I'm not very good at it, but that's the team I choose. I'm glad I was chosen to be on that team! I don't have to beat anybody else to be on that team, I just want everybody to join me on the Lamb's team.
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