Have you ever heard a coach say, “Trust the process!”? Especially during rebuilding times for teams there is a need to establish a foundation… and that means sometimes that the scoreboard/winning is not the objective. There is the old adage that sometimes you have to “be willing to lose the battle in order to win the war.”
In other words, building a team or a program requires patience and trust… trust that the coach has a plan and a purpose…
I think of times of requiring a certain number of passes on offense to emphasize teamwork, in spite of maybe there being an open shot earlier in the set… I think of benching the starters in order to emphasize a need for energy… I think of benching a player for a whole game to teach consequences for actions… and the list goes on. The problem is that players and/or fans don’t always stop to consider the end goal of the coach… just the immediate results.
Yesterday as our pastor was teaching in the book of Psalms, he reminded me of these truths in our every day lives. We tend to look for immediate results (rescue) in our circumstances and when we don’t get them, we get angry and discouraged. The problem is that in doing so, we forget that God has a purpose and a plan, where He has stated He will use the circumstances for our eventual good… we just don’t like waiting. God wants to not just be viewed as our rescuer, but also as our refuge!
Pastor Matt reminded us to trust / hope in the Coach
because:
“God is good! God is faithful! God can be trusted!”
If you focus on Him instead of your circumstances, then you allow God to be “not just the God of your destination, He is the God of your journey.” (Matt Brooks)
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; For I shall praise Him,
The help of my countenance
And my God
(Psalm 42:11)
Trust the Coach, not the scoreboard!
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