Great Team Work! Series 3

1 Corinthians 12:12
KJV: For as the body is one, and hath MANY members, and all the members of that one body, being MANY, are one body: so also is Christ.
NCV: A person's body is only one thing, but it has MANY parts. Though there are MANY parts to a body, all those parts make only one body. Christ is like that also.
NIRV: There is one body. But it has many parts, they make up one body. It is the same with Christ.

I was reading the story again from October 16 devotion. It was about a basketball coach who emphasized the important of a team work. "To achieve victory on the basketball court, 'the coach' saw the importance of teaching his players that they were a team--not "just a bunch of independent operators." Each person contributes to the success of everyone else."

Independent operators? What's that? In another word, "in a real game, you don't play basketball by yourself." [Otherwise, it would be boring just to watch one person in the whole game. It is much more exciting to watch two teams play against each other and see who is winning]. The whole basketball court is not for one person but "MANY." When it comes to a team, "each person contributes to the success of everyone else." It means you can only become more successful when you help or share with one to another. And also allow others to help you or share with you. That is a success.

It is the same way that the body of Christ works together. And we were all made to share in the One Spirit (1Cor.12:13). You know something? I think it would be boring for God just to be God alone. He wants a spiritual team players. This is why God created us so He could share what He has for us and this makes God even greater and more glorified. Also we share ourselves with Him and with others. This is far richer experience we could ever have. The word, "many" makes me think of God's Word: "Be fruitful and multiply." It is like "be successful in whatever you do, do it heartily as unto the Lord" (Col.3:23).

So today, you just bless God for created us and love Him with all your hearts!

Song: Bind Us Together
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together with love.
There is only one God.
There is only one King.
There is only one Body,
That is why we can sing:
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together, Lord;
Bind us together with love.
(Bob Gillman, Sing His Praise)