One of my most embarrassing moments occurred a few years ago when a fellow worker, of several years, said, “I didn’t know you were a Christian.” Wow. Do the people you work with know you are a Christ Follower?
According to decisionmagazine.com, some prominent athletes are not shy about their faith. The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl Sunday night. But for several Chiefs players, a Super Bowl isn’t as important as their relationship with Jesus Christ.
Chiefs, Dustin Colquitt, believes winning the Super Bowl is about showing the world the love of Jesus.
“My faith in Christ is something that’s unwavering. Special teams can come and go, and eventually I’m not going to play in Kansas City or the League, but my faith in Christ is going to take me all the way to the other side—to eternity,” he said during a press conference before the game. “That’s something I share with coaches, with teammates, with anyone I come in contact with, because that’s the one thing I can count on never changing.”
Chief’s CEO Clark Hunt, a Christian since he was 10 years old, says that encouraging team members in their walk with Christ is a top priority.
“We want our employees to develop spiritually. In the National Football League, Christ is really glorified. My identity is my faith in Christ.”
“There’s definitely a lot of Christians in the organization, and when it starts at the top, that’s pretty powerful, with the owner, and he kind of sets it from there,” said offensive lineman Stefan Wisniewski.
“The best place you can be in life is the center of God’s will. And the center of God’s will for my life was unemployed for five weeks. And it was a challenge and He was with me and I leaned on Him during that time and I trusted Him, praised Him. I knew that if He wanted to, He could exalt me again and it was just my job to humble myself before Him. And here I am—about to start in the Super Bowl. That’s all because of God,” Wisniewski told CBN before the game.
While accepting the Lombardi Trophy, Hunt once again modeled to his team how to put faith in action. “I want to thank the Lord for blessing our family with all these incredible people to bring this trophy home.”
We may not be media sensations, but we are seen. People need to know more than what we do for a living or have a general idea about our family life. They need to know we follow Christ and nothing is more important than that. Don’t be like me and assume that co-workers know where we stand on Jesus. Let’s stand boldly and publicly.
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