Pastor's Corner

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 “What are your YAC stats?” 

 (Inspired by Hebrews 12:1-2) 

One of the lesser-talked-about stats in football is Yards After Contact—often abbreviated as YAC. It refers to the yardage a player gains after they’ve been initially hit or wrapped up by a defender. It’s not just about speed or agility—it’s about determination, resilience, and the ability to keep moving forward when progress gets hard.

Spiritually speaking, that’s a powerful metaphor. Life is full of “contact moments.” You know the ones—those times when you feel like you've been hit hard by disappointment, grief, temptation, or spiritual attack. The enemy tries to slow you down, stop your momentum, or knock you off course. But the true measure of our faith isn’t how well we run when the field is clear—it’s how we respond after the hit.

What are your spiritual YAC stats? When adversity strikes, do you keep pressing forward? Do you rely on God’s strength to keep you moving, even when everything in you wants to stop?

Hebrews 12:1–2 challenges us with these words:
“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith...”

It’s a race that isn’t always smooth or easy. But we are not running alone. As believers, we have a powerful team on our side: the Holy Spirit empowering us, Jesus interceding for us, the Father guiding us, and a “great cloud of witnesses” cheering us on from the sidelines of heaven.

So don’t be discouraged by the hits you’ve taken. They don’t define your story—what you do after them does. Keep running. Keep pressing. Keep gaining ground.

Because with God on your side, there’s still yardage to gain—even after contact.

In His Grace,
Pastor Darryl K. Cox