God Has Given You a Uniform With Your Name On It | Jonathan Evans
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- In this clip from The Main Event, Jonathan Evans uses an experience with NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer to demonstrate how God has chosen us for His team and asks for us to maintain the integrity of that uniform.
The son of Tony Evans, Jonathan Evans is a mentor, author, speaker, former NFL fullback, and now serves as the chaplain of the Dallas Cowboys.
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And then finally, the head coach entered the room and all went quiet. Cause now the elephant has just come into the room. Those football fans will know this guy's name. He goes by the name of Marty Schottenheimer. He doesn't play any games. He's a Bill Parcells era coach.
And we knew this day was different because he came in front of the team and he just paced and he looked. He paced and he looked and he paced and he looked. And he did so for five minutes and five minutes without talking seems like an eternity. He looked at each individual player right between the eyes, almost as if to see what we were thinking. So I sat up to the edge of my seat because I wanted to know what he was gonna say.
And then finally, he began to speak. He said, "Men, I did not just cast a net in hopes that the great players that I needed to win a SuperBowl and would experience greatness right here with the 2006 San Diego Chargers would just so happen to fall into it. That's not the way I work. You were hand-picked, hand-selected, cherry-picked, chosen by none other than myself and I'm Marty Schottenheimer. I don't make mistakes with who I choose.
"I put you in this room because I watched your film beforehand. I knew exactly what position you would play. I knew how you would do in the position that you're in. I knew exactly where to place you on the team for us to experience greatness. I've given you a playbook that I know works. It's been tried and tested. I've given you a coaching staff. I've given you facilities. But most importantly I've given you a San Diego Charger uniform with your name on it. But I need you to do something for me."
"What's that coach?"
"I need you to be willing to maintain the integrity of the uniform that you wear. What's the purpose of me giving you a playbook and giving you facilities and giving you a coach and giving a uniform with your name on it, calling you, watching your film, placing you in that seat, if you're not willing to maintain the integrity of that uniform?
"I can make promises until I'm blue in the face. I can tell you how great you are, how great you should be, why I called you, why I put you in there. But at the end of the day, if you don't take responsibility as a man and maintain the integrity of your uniform, then you can nullify the promises that I'm making.
"So stand up, stop whining and complaining, put on your pads, strap on your helmet, and meet me on the 50 yard line because the time for your greatness will start right now."
And I remember when I finished my career in 2009 with the Washington Redskins, and I was trying to figure out what I was gonna do next with my life and I was kinda grumbling, groaning, and complaining because now the game is gone. I've been playing it since I was in the 6th grade. What else am I gonna do now? Does God have the ability to use me? Am I gonna do something?
In Romans 8:29-31 it says, "Those that He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed into the image of His Son. And those that He predestined, He called. And those that He called, He justified. And those that He justified, He glorified. So what then can you say? If God is for you then who in the world can be against you?"
And at that very moment, that's when I realized that I have been called and you have been called and your sons have been called and your wife has been called and your daughters have been called to nothing less than greatness in the kingdom of God. Because He's God. He doesn't make mistakes with who He chooses.
That means, if you're sitting in this room, He gave you a uniform with your name on it. He has an expectation for you to make big plays in the kingdom of God or you wouldn't be here right now. You can get anything done with that uniform with your name on it, but you gotta do something for Me. It's what He's telling me and it's what He's telling every man in this room. You gotta stop whining, grumbling, groaning, and complaining and you gotta take the uniform that He's given you because He watched your film beforehand, He knew exactly what position you would play in His kingdom, and He's telling you, "I need you to maintain the integrity of the uniform that I've given you in order for you to experience the promises that I'm making."
Thanks Jonathan Evans...your Dad would be proud of the way you delivered this inspiring talk.
SUCH an anointed family, the Evans
J E - just saw you on "I Am Second." Wow! What a God story. So glad you chose God's way. Oh the plans He has in store for you! Ty for being a shining example to the young men out there that are lost. (like my adult son - 35 yrs., lost) Your story gives me hope for my son. 🙏🏼 Press On!
In Jesus name. God bless you.
....I never stop believing in you...More Grace
BB, I heard this message for the first time on my way back from work on Capitol Height Rd Md. It was a turning point for me. Again .... Thanks.
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
I believed 2 Timothy 4:18 and 2 Thessalonians 3:3 that He would protect us from Evil, but that did not happen, evil people ruined my life and God just stood by and let it happen.