coaching like witnessing

So as many of you know I love sports. A few years ago an opportunity presented itself for me to be able to coach girls' softball at the high school level. I never even blinked an eye, I was ready before I said yes. I loved the game of baseball and missed it dearly so an opportunity to coach the next best thing was a great one for me. Being a youth pastor at the time it was another awesome opportunity to reach young people and their families for Christ. I see things that way for some reason, I see them as mission fields instead of jobs or places. God has equipped me with Gospel glasses so to speak so that I do see things that way.
Well, there is one thing about coaching that is so much like being a Pastor, and a Christian for that matter. Each day we go to practice, we let the girls throw and warm up. I watch them throwing and I see things mechanically wrong so I help them throw correctly. Then, we may hit or we may do some fielding drills either way we take the girls out and help them get better. Without fail, every day we will correct someone's mechanics on something and walk away to help someone else. I can turn back around a few minutes later and catch them back doing things the same old way. They are comfortable their way, and they don't want to make the needed changes to see improvement in their abilities.
We are the same way as human beings, we see people living in the world and in their sins. We try so desparately to share with them the Gospel and let them see that life can be so much fuller, so much greater with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Many times we can share it, see that they somewhat get it, then we turn around and they are right back in their "comfort zone". It's sad but true, John talked about this some in his Gospel.
"I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony." John 3:11
John was telling people not just what he had experienced but what he had seen with his own two eyes. Yet, without fail people were not accepted the message or him so he was voicing his frustration here.
So just as I do with coaching, keep on sharing your faith and your relationship with those who are lost. Eventually, it will click and they will want to do things the right way. They will not only prosper, but they will experience the greatest thing we have as Christians a personal relationship with a Savior!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!