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Undercover Fans
Undercover Fans
Brett Petrillo
There have been far too many occasions when fans of opposing teams have gotten into nasty fights. Some have clashed so severely that people have landed in the hospital. Several years ago, a San Francisco Giants fan went to a game at Dodger Stadium. He was beaten up so badly by Dodger fans that he suffered brain damage and didn't return home until months later.
In order to prevent situations like this from happening, the Seattle Seahawks came up with an ingenious plan. They are planting undercover police officers in the crowd. However, these officers will be wearing the opposing team's jersey. These "undercover fans" will be watching for verbal and physical harassment aimed at them simply for being a fan of the other team. To put it simply, these officers are going to hold people accountable at times when they think they won't in trouble.
This is such a phenomenal plan. Now if only there was a way to do this on a much larger scale for all of humanity! Oh wait, there already is. It is the Lord. He often appears "undercover," but let's not be fooled for even a second that anything escapes His notice (Jeremiah 23:24; Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139:7-10). God is watching everything we think, do, and say. Ecclesiastes 12:14 bluntly puts it, "For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil."
The Lord is always watching. Let's be all the more careful about our actions.
