Berkman: Your worth isn't in your stats
About 300 people heard the ballplayer at the FCA banquet in Corpus Christi, where athletes and coaches were honored.
On Sunday in Corpus Christi, about 300 people filled the Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet. The speaker was Lance Berkman and his message, according to KRIS 6, can be summed up in one sentence: your worth is not in your stats.
Awards, music and 300 seats filled
Fellowship of Christian Athletes held its banquet in Corpus Christi on Sunday night, according to KRIS 6. About 300 people gathered to honor coaches and athletes from the area, with live music, raffles, a silent auction and food.
Brandy Sparks, metro director of Coastal Bend FCA, described the mission: to walk with every coach and every athlete toward a relationship that grows with Jesus Christ and his church. That happens through serving and through starting Bible studies near schools, she said. The goal of the night was to give glory to Jesus.
«The scoreboard measures a game; it doesn't measure a person.»
The evening also recognized coaches. It's worth pausing there: the work of the one who teaches a sport rarely makes a headline, and yet it shapes habits, schedules and character in people from 16 to 30. A trophy for a coach rewards something the scoreboard doesn't record.
The worth that doesn't depend on the scoreboard
Lance Berkman, whom KRIS 6 introduces as a member of the Houston Astros Hall of Fame, spoke to young athletes about faith in sports. "Your personal worth is not tied to your stats or your performance on the field," he said (Sígueme translation).
He added that faith is at the center of a person, and that cultivating it apart from athletic performance matters. That sentence is uncomfortable because we live surrounded by measures: the exam grade, the followers on an account, the comparison with the teammate who already signed a contract.
There's a difference between celebrating an achievement and building an identity on it. The first lasts an afternoon; the second collapses with an injury or a bad season. The scoreboard measures a game; it doesn't measure a person.
Platforms reward the showcase: the highlight, the number of views, the photo of the trophy. No one posts the bench or the day when nothing worked out. Comparing your full routine with someone else's edited summary is an old trap, and today it has an algorithm.
When Samuel went to anoint a king, God corrected his gaze: "For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7, ESV). The criteria above was never the ranking below.
Who holds the scale
Paul writes it plainly: "For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends" (2 Corinthians 10:18, ESV).
An award at a banquet recognizes work; it doesn't declare how much someone is worth before God. Confusing the two turns sports into an idol and faith into a formality to win.
The gospel goes in another direction: God doesn't adopt you because you filled out the stat sheet, but by grace, through faith in Christ. That doesn't despise effort; it puts it in its place. You can train hard without your identity depending on the result.
What Berkman put on the table is not a formula to win more games. It's another way of looking at yourself in the mirror after a bad game.
This week, before opening the app that tells you how many people watched you, try writing on a note who you are without mentioning a number.
And if you find yourself measuring yourself against someone else's chart, look for a leader in your church or a trusted adult. Who has the last word on what you're worth: the scoreboard or the God who looks at the heart?
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