I have been in full time ministry for 7 years now and I was taught a valuable lesson in student ministry by someone who just became a believer 2 days before. I will never forget this statement that was shouted at me in frustration as I finished playing basketball with students from a varsity basketball team, "THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS GYM OR ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD THAT NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THE LORD" !!! Honestly, my first reaction was to fire back at her and say, " YOU gonna tell ME how to minister to students? I have been doing this for 7 years now, I don't need YOU, of all people telling me how to do my job". I felt my mind go there and then God completely smacked me in the head and my eyes we opened. Wow...her statement was 100% correct and I had to swallow that huge "Humility Pill" that never goes down easy. I love sports with all my heart, so when I step foot on a school campus, I bee line to the basketball gym and football field. I truly believe that we miss a tremendous opportunity when we focus 100% on the "High Profile" sports (basketball, football, soccor, baseball etc). Students that are involved in choir, performing arts, band, bowling, tennis and even track feel like they are over looked cause they are low attended events....LESSON LEARNED!!!
