Fullback

I love watching football. One of the things I love to see is a well crafted running play when the full back goes into the hole first taking on the linebacker. A good fullback will blow up the linebacker and the running back follows often breaking into the clear for a big gainer or touch down.

I am challenged to be a full back type leader. Heading into the hole and taking on the opponent so another might be able to follow and have great success. There are great leaders around, and some of the greatest don;t get the accolades. They are they full backs. They are the ones who take on the opposition head first. They lay down their lives for the one who would follow.

I know it is the running back that gets the fame and the fortune, but it is the full back that is often the real leader.

“The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11b)

Just a thought as I was remembering years ago when the KC Chiefs had a pro football squad, but that’s another story.