Cardinals Pitcher Steven Matz: ‘There Is Jesus, There’s Eternal Life’
By Movieguide® Staff
In 2011, Steven Matz’s recovery from Tommy John surgery halted his baseball career.
“There was a lot of uncertainty in my career,” Matz told Sports Spectrum. “Baseball was my god back then. It was everything to me.”
The pitcher currently plays for the St. Louis Cardinals, but his return to baseball did not come until he gave his life to Christ in 2011.
“To realize there was more than just baseball, there is Jesus, there’s eternal life, and there’s the purpose He has for you, it’s changed the trajectory of my life,” he said of his time in recovery.
Despite his return to baseball, Matz currently rides the bench for his team due to a left shoulder injury.
However, Metz said that this time around, his perspective on his career, life, and future is entirely different.
“Jesus gave a really hard teaching to a lot of people, a lot of His disciples, and a lot of them just walked away. They walked away from the faith,” Matz said while reflecting on John 6. “He looked back at His 12 closest disciples right there and He’s kind of like, ‘Well, what about you guys?’ Peter kind of summed it up. He’s like, ‘Where else do we have to go? You have the words of eternal life.’
“That really rings true to me, especially in these last two years — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of different things going on in the world. Jesus has the words of eternal life and there’s a lot of hope in that,” he said.
Matz, who is expecting his first child with his wife Taylor, said that God is teaching him to rely on faith both on the field and off.
“Man, what a responsibility that is — the things I say, the things I watch, how I act, how I handle adversity, how I handle blessing,” he said. “I think it’s a great responsibility, but I think it will ultimately grow me and my wife in our faith.”
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