GLOBAL PRAYER NETWORK: Christian NFL player held up sign outside stadium looking for work, God answered

Sabtu, 26 Desember 2015

Christian NFL player held up sign outside stadium looking for work, God answered

By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service

HOUSTON, TX (ANS - December 24, 2015) -- Wide receiver Joe Anderson was signed by the New York Jets December 22nd, about six weeks after he stood outside a Texas stadium with a sign asking for an NFL job.

Dressed in a red sleeveless teeshirt that displayed rippling biceps, the 27-year-old held up a sign outside the stadium that read: “Not homeless…but STARVING for success!!! Will run routes 4 food #Whateverittakes #Underdog #I believe #Hungry.

When he posted a photo of himself on Instagram holding the sign, it quickly went viral.

“Lord it’s all in your hands, all I know is that I believe it by faith and see it all happening even when it looks like a joke before the eyes of man!” he wrote on his Instagram post.

Anderson continued to exalt the Lord in his post. “I fill myself with humility and say let your Will be done and use me to allow others to believe in your power!!!! I’m not looking at my situation with a worldly mindset and that’s what’s gonna separate me.”

Some might have thought him foolish as he stood outside the stadium used by the Houston Texans. “I’m outside the Houston Texans facility every morning, because I know what type of gift God has blessed me with!!!” he continued on Instagram.

The married father of two noted it was not a publicity stunt, but he was pursuing a dream and wanted to encourage others in their journey.

His faith in God upheld him in his lonely quest. “I’m not just chasing greatness for myself/family but for all the people that lack faith and wanna quit and don’t believe God still moves,” he wrote.

Photo captions: 1) Joe Anderson outside Houston Texans stadium. 2) Anderson kneels in prayer in front of his new locker with the New York Jets, offering gratitude to God. 3) Mark Ellis.

About the writer: Mark Ellis is senior correspondent for the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net), and also the founder of www.Godreports.com, a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos from the church around the world. He is also co-host for the "Windows on the World" TV show with ANS founder, Dan Wooding, on the Holy Spirit Broadcasting (http://hsbn.tv). The program features the best stories of the week from the ASSIST News Service.