Do you know the plays? Whether on offense or defense do you know the plays? You see the quarterback in a football game right before the snap, pointing to a player and talking to that player. The quarterback, most of the time, is telling the player where to line up. For that particular play, the player is most likely lining up in the wrong place. So the quarterback tells him where to line up.

A busted play is when the quarterback is snapped the ball from the center and then something goes wrong. The quarterback turns to the right, to hand off the ball to the running back, and the running back is behind him on the left. The left guard pulls to his right and the right guard pulls to his left and they collide into each other behind the center. You must memorize the plays and not depend on someone else to tell you where to go.

Do you know your faith? You call yourself a Christian, but do you know your faith? You go to church as often as you can on Sundays, just because you always have, but do you know your faith? If I asked you to repeat the 10 commandments, in order, could you do it? If I asked you to tell me the name of the four gospels, could you do it? Who was the first martyr of the Christian faith? Can you repeat the creeds from memory? Have you read the Bible, cover to cover?

Are you one of those football players the quarterback has to tell where to line up, before the snap of the ball? I challenge you to memorize the plays and your faith.

James 1:22-25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.