Coach is always right

If you’ve ever played sports, you’ve probably heard it: “Coach is always right.”

It’s the kind of phrase that gets passed around half-jokingly in the locker room, especially after a tough practice or a play that didn’t make sense at the time. It doesn’t mean the coach is infallible—but it does mean the coach sees something you don’t. A bigger picture. A longer game. A strategy beyond your momentary frustration.

It’s only later—sometimes years later—that you realize why they made that call. Why they pushed you harder. Why they sat you out. Why they kept insisting you run that same drill over and over again.

They weren’t being cruel. They were training you.

And I think something similar happens in the spiritual life.

There are moments when God’s ways don’t make sense. When the “plays” He calls seem backward or even painful. We think: Why this suffering? Why this delay? Why this silence?

But our Coach knows the whole game. He knows the opponent. He knows the timing. And most importantly, He knows who we’re becoming through the discipline, through the repetition, through the trials.

Scripture says, “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves…” (Hebrews 12:5–6)

So maybe it’s time we start trusting the process. Trusting the Coach. Even when we don’t understand the why.

Because one day, we’ll look back and realize—He was right all along.