Selfless Leadership and the Good Soldier

“Successful players are good soldiers. A good example of this according to the coach of the Detroit Red Wings is Steve Yzerman. When he scored a lot of goals, his team was a loser. When Scotty Bowman took over he wanted him to become a checker, a passer, and all around leader! That year, 1997, they won the Stanley Cup even though Steve only scored 24 goals all year.” Quoted from the Winnipeg Free Press Sports page. God wants us as well to be team players like listening to our spiritual mentors and learning to follow orders, even if we don’t like the assignment. 2 Timothy 2:3 says, “Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”