You Are More Than Your Sport
As a coach or athlete, it can be difficult to navigate the pressures of being a competitor. This is why it is essential to understand that you can find your identity and worth in something more than your sport.
SOMETHING GREATER
In Christ, you have:
GREATER POTENTIAL
GREATER PROMISE
GREATER PERFORMANCE
GREATER PURPOSE
Join us as we dive into these four key concepts throughout the year to understand God’s purpose for your life beyond your sport. As we go through the book of John together, expect God to transform your heart and mind and bring you into a closer relationship with Him.
GREATER
POTENTIAL
Living up to your potential is more than what you can do on your own. There’s more to life than playing for the scoreboard. In fact, your potential shouldn’t just be measured by athletic achievements. It should be measured by who God says you are. There is a greater purpose wrapped up in your potential when your potential is wrapped up in Him.
GREATER PROMISE
You’re seeing glimpses of what you can be as an athlete and it’s exciting to experience competitive growth. But is it just about improving, achieving, and winning? If so, that feeling of excitement might not last for long. The great news is that God created you for something more.
More than anything you can find through athletic success, God wants to give you the greater promise that comes from Jesus.
GREATER PERFORMANCE
Performance counts. It isn’t a bad thing, but an unhealthy point of view as a competitor can produce bad habits, wrong motivations and unnecessary pressures. The good news is that your identity in Christ gives you a new way to perform.
Understanding that God is the only person they truly need to please can certainly bring peace, joy and freedom from fear. You are playing for Someone, not something.
GREATER PURPOSE
When things aren’t going as planned, it might be hard to stay motivated to push through it all. But when you compete for God, you can be confident that you are playing and living for a far greater purpose.
Jesus also wants to redefine what success and winning are all about. Life’s greater purpose has much more to do with God and others than what you can accomplish on your own. It's less about what you do, and more about who God says you are. Live from that place of truth!
