Avoid Being the Tail

There are costumes which require two people to make them work. I’m talking about those animal costumes where one person is the head and one is the tail. I’ve never been either position in a horse, a cow or any other four legged animal costume. You know, if you were the tail you would really have to have a lot of trust for the guy who is the head. I know I would never be the tail if my brother happened to be the head. I can think of many horrible things that could happen to the one being confined in a non ventilated space behind my brother. The key is to always be the head if you are being part of a horse costume.

That is good advice for life as well. Put yourselves in a position so that you don’t have to be the tail. Prior to Moses death, he told the Israelites how they could avoid being the tail end position in life. He said, “The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.” Deuteronomy 28:13

I’m sure Moses was not thinking about a horse costume when he gave this advice to his people. He was simply saying that the best position in life is the one obtained by pleasing God. The way to please God is to be obedient, by keeping all that he commands. In our walk we may have to do things that we might not like to do, and don’t want to do, but in doing those things we please God. Our ways are different from God’s ways. What we may consider the tail end of life may actually be the very thing that will grow us toward a position of godly honor. In that we are the head. Being the head is not about money, or fame, or prestige. Being the head is about the eternal, that which glorifies the Father.

Everyone can assume a position at the head. We don’t have to be the tail. Being the tail stinks.