I knew nothing about soccer. Football, basketball and baseball--Yes! But soccer was not one of the big three when I was growing up. Yet when my son's coach decided he needed to retire, I was conscripted.
My wife and I prayed for each of the boys on the team and tried to reach out to their parents. James, one of my player's dads, was not responsive. He was in to cutting horses, not into Jesus. Our failure to make any apparent impact for Jesus was discouraging.
My oldest son is now 34, and my soccer coaching days ended more than twenty years ago, but the power of the Gospel continues. This morning I got to teach 61 men at the Waxahachie Cowboy Church's men's breakfast from Romans 7:21ff about the internal conflict that we can win through the power of Jesus.
Guess who invited me to speak for this gathering? James, my old soccer player's dad. He came to Jesus a few years ago, and now leads the men's breakfast every month at the Cowboy Church.
Whether its coaching soccer, football, or girls volleyball, believe that Jesus can use you to get across far more than athletic skills, and don't get discouraged if it takes some time to bear fruit.
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