I don’t know if you’ve ever heard the story of the football game between the large animals and the small animals. It was incredible. The large animals, as you might imagine, were just cleaning up on the smaller animals. It was no contest. They would kick the ball off to the rhino, he would receive the ball in the end zone and just rumble down the field. Nothing could stop him. Squirrels were hanging on his legs for dear life, birds were pecking at his horn, but nothing could stand in his way. At the end of the half it was 40-0, large animals. To make matters worse, the small animals had to kick off to the large animals to start the next half. So they kick off, and the elephant receives the ball in the end zone. He starts to rumble down the field, and BAM! He’s dropped dead in his tracks at the 5 yard line. The first play from scrimmage they hand off to the rhino, and BAM, he’s stopped immediately. The next play, they hand off to the lion, who runs off the tackle, and BAM, there is nowhere for him to go. Then they try the cheetah, cause, you know, they are the fastest runners in the world. But even the cheetah is brought down hard. On fourth down, the gorilla takes the handoff. He scrambles into the end zone to throw, gets hit, and the ball comes loose. There’s a mad scramble in the end zone. There are animals all over the place. The referees start pulling animals off this pile, until the last animal is left. It’s a tiny little centipede. Touchdown, small animals! The small animals can’t believe it! They say to the centipede, “Man, was that you that hit the elephant on the kick-off?” He goes, “Yeah, that was me.” Was that you that hit the lion in the backfield? “Yeah, that was me.” Was that you that hit the gorilla? Yeah, that was me.” They go, “Where were you in the first half?” And the centipede says, “I was getting my ankles taped!” Here is why I tell that story. This weekend, Jesus will call us to serve one another and show us the way. And some of us have waited far too long to get in the serving game. If you wait until you feel capable or ready or qualified to serve, you will never get in the game. But the good news is, there is another half of the game left. It’s not too late to begin to serve as our master has asked us to serve. It’s not too late to serve Our King by serving others. Because that is what our King has done for each of us.