A tough situation

[cobracoach]

(Based on Luke 4:21)

 

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Saying the right thing in a tough situation is still

a tough thing to do. It's the right thing, but it's

tough.

 

Whether it's something an athlete needs to hear

from you, an administrator, a fellow coach, or a

family member. Tough is tough no matter how

you slice it.

 

That's why it's easy to put it off.

 

You know in your heart you shouldn't put it off,

but, again, tough is tough. If you say it, you're

liable to offend the person, or people, and run

the risk of turning them against you.

 

If you don't say it, a bad

situation will just get worse.

 

That was precisely the situation Jesus found

himself. In his own hometown, would his friends

and neighbors reject him if he claimed he was

the Messiah? He knew what he had to do. He

had to risk it.

 

So, in the synagogue one day, he made the

claim. It caught everyone off guard, and, yes,

you guessed it. They became hostile toward

him. Very hostile. Even tried to kill him by

dragging him out of the synagogue and pushing

him off the cliff.

 

Coach, you do run a risk in saying what you

know you need to say. Might even have a hostile

reaction toward you.

 

Yet, if you have gone to God to ask him what

you should say, and how you should say it, he

will be with you when you do.

 

What happened to Jesus?

 

At the edge of the cliff, mysteriously the people

let go. He looked them straight in the eyes and

walked through the hostile crowd. No one could

lay a hand on him. It just wasn't God's timing

for them to do so.

 

Coach, God will be with you, too. That is, if what

you have to say is coming from God.

 

Make sure it is.

 

Then say it!

 

Yours for coaching excellence,

[footballfanatic]

Thank-you for taking the time to teach a very good lesson.