New York Jets Quarterback Justin Fields Finds Strength Through Faith

The New York Jets won their first football game last Sunday and now are 1-7 on the season. Although things have not gone the way quarterback Justin Fields would have liked, he has learned to trust God in the good times as well as the bad.

“I’m going to get pretty vulnerable right here, but this week, I found myself in my closet crying on the ground, lying down, not because of the hardships, not because of the troubles,” he said. “I felt like, you know, I was built to handle that and I was put in place to handle this situation.”

Fields signed with the Jets during the offseason, hoping a new team and new city would give him a fresh start after up-and-down stints in Chicago and Pittsburgh.

“I’ve always asked God to give me an opportunity and a platform to spread his word.
he said. “And sometimes it doesn’t play out the way you always plan it, I think the position I’m in right now is a great opportunity to spread that message and really kind of get the world to know how I feel about him and how great he is.

The “old me,” Fields said, would not handle the situation the same way he currently does.

“My faith is so rooted in Christ,” he said. “Like I told you guys earlier this week, nothing can break me. And as far as my job goes here, I’m gonna be the same. I’m going to come to work the same. I’m going to lead the same. And again, just try to continue to spread that message of how good God is. No matter what I go through in life. I know I’m strong enough to handle it. I know He’s strong enough to help me handle it.

“All that to say is, God is real. God is good,” Fields says. “And everything that we go through in life is for a purpose.”

–Alan Goforth