If you are a parent who has a child involved in sports are you teaching them to win and lose with humility? Are you yourself remaining humble in their success? I have been coaching my daughters for some time now and it saddens me to see so many parents obsessed with the success of their own children. More times than not it becomes more about the parent than about the child. I am all about encouraging our children and my players to do their best and congratulating them on having a good game. However, I know I need to always check my motives to see if I am looking to draw attention to my child or to myself for that matter. When that happens it is nothing short of pride which is the complete opposite of humility. Pride says, "Look at me and what I have accomplished under MY own strength." Humility says, "It is only by HIS strength that I can even play this game and any ability that I may have has been given to me by God and win or lose all the glory goes to Him."
Athletics can be a good thing and used properly can have the potential to become a ministry to unsaved people. Unfortunately, athletic success has been elevated to a level of importance that is nothing short of idol worship for not only the athlete but also for the parents of the athlete.
By God's grace, let's teach our kids and ourselves the proper perspective.
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