Iceberg (2)

Iceberg

Who are you?

I ask that question because for the most part when we get asked that question we don’t answer that question. We answer the question “What do you do?” because we let that define us.

You may be familiar with the story of the Titanic. A massive, unsinkable ship that encountered tragedy when it struck an iceberg and sank.

What you may not know is the story behind the story. There was an operator on that ship whose only job was receiving telegram warnings. That night he received 5 messages.

“DANGER DANGER TITANIC YOU ARE ENTERING AN ICEBERG ZONE!!!” .....no response

“DANGER DANGER TITANIC YOU ARE ENTERING AN ICEBERG ZONE!!!” .....no response

“DANGER DANGER TITANIC YOU ARE ENTERING AN ICEBERG ZONE!!!” .....no response

“DANGER DANGER TITANIC YOU ARE ENTERING AN ICEBERG ZONE!!!” .....no response

“DANGER DANGER TITANIC YOU ARE ENTERING AN ICEBERG ZONE!!!” He finally responded “Shut up, I’m busy”

15 minutes later the Titanic would hit the iceberg and sink.

This was the ship that took off the life rafts because it didn’t look good in the picture.

How often do we do something similar by saying “I don’t need to do that, don’t you see what I can do?” “I don’t need to worry about that, don’t you know who I know?”

We miss the 90% just because you can’t see it, even though the 90% is what will make or break you.

Personal Testimony

If I laid out a sheet of paper all over this field/gym and gave you a marker asking you to answer the question “who are you?” you would fill up every square milimeter on that thing and come back to me going “where’s the rest of the room? I still have so much more to write.” Because the truth is there is so much more to who you are than just one word, statement, sentence, or paragraph. That is who I want to get to know this season. If I can read it off of a sheet of paper like a stat line I’m not interested in it.