I'm a college athlete, and people assume that because I'm strong physically, I've got everything figured out. But there are nights when anxiety completely paralyzes me - about competition, about whether I'm good enough, about what comes after college.
Coach sent me to a chaplain when he noticed me spiraling. The chaplain pointed me to this verse about being strong in the Lord and the strength of his might. I'm sitting there thinking, 'I can bench 300 pounds. I need more strength than that.' But the chaplain asked me what I was actually trying to be strong against. The answer was myself - my own doubt, my own fear.
That's where spiritual strength comes in. I can't overcome my own psychology through sheer will - I've tried that for years. But something shifts when I actually stop trying to fix myself and start asking God to be my strength. Sounds weird to say, but it's made me a better athlete because I'm not carrying the weight of proving myself anymore. I can just play.
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