Years ago, John Madden introduced a new statistic in football called YAC (Yards After Contact). It measures the yards gained after a player makes contact with others. It’s an impressive stat that shows whether someone moves forward or loses ground. Similarly, when we face challenges in life, what will we do? Will we move forward or regress? This concept of “yards after contact” applies to our faith journey. God is telling us to keep moving forward. If we do, we will experience incredible things and receive the necessary tools to progress towards our goals. But we must keep pushing forward after making contact with difficulties.

When we feel like we’re going backward, it’s essential to keep moving forward. But how do we do that? We must shift our focus to the long haul. See, if we only rely on short bursts of faith, we’ll quickly run out of steam. But don’t lose hope, my friends. In Galatians, Paul reminds us not to grow weary in doing good. There’s a promise hidden in these words: that when we persist in doing what’s right, even if it feels like we’re going backward, we will eventually reap a harvest. Isn’t that incredible?

Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

To achieve this, we need endurance. There’s a profound power that arises when faith and endurance work together. It’s supernatural, my friends, a force that can shatter walls standing in our way. Think about the walls of Jericho in the Old Testament. The Israelites were called upon to bring down the fortified walls of their enemy. And how did they do it? By marching. They circled those walls, not just once or twice, but were directed to do it seven times. It must have felt tedious. It must have left them questioning, “Why are we doing this?” But they continued, trusting God’s plan, even without understanding it. You see, sometimes we don’t need to know the why. We must trust that our actions have a purpose, even if it seems illogical.

Don’t give up by keeping your YAC (Yards After Contact) up.