Who's your go-to guy?

What's a "go-to" guy?

A go-to guy is a problem solver ... the guy you can always count on to find a solution.

I think the term originated in professional football and was used to describe the one tried n' true receiver, the player who the quarterback can fall back upon for a guaranteed catch if the called play suddenly begins falling apart and threatening the offense with a loss.

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If real-life could be depicted as a football offense, the starting line-up might look something like this:

Quarterback - You

Center - Career

Guards - Ambition/Goals

Tackles - Anger, Wrath, Self-righteousness

Tight End - Marriage/Relationship

Running backs - Social Contacts & Connections

Wide Receivers - Material Possessions

Wing Back - Bank Account (your go-to guy)

Punter - God

So long as the offense is moving why spend too much time thinking about punting and Special Teams, right? So long as you're reading the defense and your team's gobbling up real estate and marching toward the endzone, why bother having a punter at all?

Then let's say it's 2nd and short and your Social Contacts fumble the ball. Now it's third and long, obviously a passing play, which the Defense (Sin) reads perfectly ... and your Bank Account drops the ball. Time to run a fake or a quarterback sneak? No, you recognize it's finally time to (reluctantly) call in your Punter to take the heat off your offense.

Sorta hope the Punter hears your personal snap count when it's time to hike the ball, don't ya?

Might be time to think about swapping a few players into some different positions ... before the game counts down to the two-minute warning.

After all, there's no such thing as a tie in sudden-death.

We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will.

- John 9:31

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.

But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.

- Isaiah 59:1-2

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

- James 5:16