The big game, the Super Bowl is Sunday, and for the first time both teams will have African Americans starting at quarterback.
For Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes it is just a game as it should be. However, it was not that long ago that white NFL executives and white owners believed that blacks lacked the physical stamina, emotional courage, and yes, the intelligence, to play the most celebrated position on the field quarterback, the capstone of the team.
Psalm 118 describes Jesus as the rejected stone. He was rejected by Herod, the king who attempted to kill Jesus shortly after his birth. He was rejected by people of his hometown Nazareth who attempted to throw Jesus off a cliff. He was rejected by his own disciples with Peter rejecting Jesus three times.
Jesus rose above the rejection; Jesus rose about the crucifixion and Jesus rose above even death. Sitting still at the right hand of God in the most celebrated position in heaven.
So, on Sunday when we watch the big game let us celebrate the milestone of QB’s Hurts and Mahomes but let us not forget the shoulders of the rejected black OB’s they stand on. As we continue to praise and worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the rejected stone that has now become our capstone.
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