After his Saints shut out the Patriots in New England on Sunday, New Orleans linebacker Demario Davis wasn’t interested in discussing the 34-0 victory. Instead, the veteran player stepped up to the post-game podium to preach again about his faith and the power of the cross.
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Davis, a team captain, used his entire Oct. 8 press conference to address spiritual issues. During nearly five minutes at the microphone, the 34-year-old athlete didn’t talk about sports—except to say the game of football doesn’t offer life answers that people need.
After the Saints played on Sept. 10, Davis spoke about his 4-year-old daughter’s miraculous recovery from a severe epileptic seizure. And after the Sept. 18 game, he encouraged all Christians to share the gospel, even if they don’t have a public platform.
Demario Davis Is ‘Gonna Keep on Preaching’
To begin his press conference, Davis said, “They keep asking me to come back, y’all, so I guess I’m gonna keep on preaching.” He praised God for a “wonderful game” but then quickly moved on to the fact that it was Sunday.
“Many of us don’t get to go to church on Sundays because we’re either here working or playing this game or watching this game,” Davis said. “We do have the opportunity to bring church to us. I think after a game like that, it’s very easy to praise us, praise our team, but it’s the Lord’s Day. So…I want to be conscious to deflect that praise to him.”
Davis continued by sharing thoughts about “how easy it is for us to kind of mask our hurt and pain.” He said, “It’s easy to…watch a game like this and be entertained for an entire day or multiple days, but then we go back to our reality. And this game is great; it’s provided a lot of blessings. But there’s nothing inside this game that can help when something happens to us individually and we’re hurting.”
If something happens to our children, our relationships, our finances, or our career, Davis said, “there’s nothing in this game that can help you with that. But where there is help is at the cross. See, the cross not only can save you spiritually. What Jesus done, is doing, can help you in your current-day life. And I think we need to take time to be reminded of that because a lot of us are hurting, and we’re masking it like we’re not.
“So being able to have Sunday…at least the Lord’s Day is a reminder of that. And if we…don’t use the Lord’s Day for what it’s actually there for, to remind us of the Lord and take time to praise the Lord and make sure our focus is right, man, we miss a great opportunity. And I don’t want that to pass before us.”
