Professional Football players salaries average about $2 million for veteran players. It wasn't always like that; as recently as the 1970's, some players were taking second jobs just to make ends meet.The one thing that has stayed consistant however in the NFL is the huddle. Sixty to seventy times a game, eleven players will get together for a brief huddle to review their progress, remind each other of the common objective, shout out a little encouragement and renew their commitment to victory.
If these elite, highly compensated and uniquely qualified professional football players see a need to huddle ever minute or so during a game, why don't we do the same?
So often we go through days, weeks, months, for some even a lifetime without a little critical review of our progress. We think we can get by without anyone to remind us of our common objective; we seek no one in particular to shout out a little encouragement.
We all need to huddle. Huddles occur when we bring friends, coworkers and advisors into our lives. These huddles give us wise counsel, they provide us with encouragement as well as sometimes a friendly slap on the helmet to get our attention.
The book of Proverbs gives us the same advice. Solomon, the wisest of all of the Kings wrote, “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a fiend” (Prov. 27:17). A few chapters earlier in this same book of Proverbs it says, "Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise" (Prov. 19:20).
This advice given to the individual, is also good advice to the group. Volunteer teams, groups, departments, ministries and coworkers all need to 'huddle-up' often to make sure that they are still on track, they are accomplishing their objectives and staying focused on the goal.
It's time to Huddle Up!
So often we go through days, weeks, months, for some even a lifetime without a little critical review of our progress. We think we can get by without anyone to remind us of our common objective; we seek no one in particular to shout out a little encouragement.
We all need to huddle. Huddles occur when we bring friends, coworkers and advisors into our lives. These huddles give us wise counsel, they provide us with encouragement as well as sometimes a friendly slap on the helmet to get our attention.
The book of Proverbs gives us the same advice. Solomon, the wisest of all of the Kings wrote, “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a fiend” (Prov. 27:17). A few chapters earlier in this same book of Proverbs it says, "Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise" (Prov. 19:20).
This advice given to the individual, is also good advice to the group. Volunteer teams, groups, departments, ministries and coworkers all need to 'huddle-up' often to make sure that they are still on track, they are accomplishing their objectives and staying focused on the goal.
It's time to Huddle Up!
