I have always loved being a part of a team. Working together with others to accomplish a greater goal than you could ever accomplish by yourself. My teams would always bring out the best in me and push me farther than I thought I could go. Teams help make a healthy environment. They are all about relationships, goals, victories, and defeats. People that you count on and trust in to see you through.
Today many have the religious idea that church is the place that we come to meet with God. They attend to be reverent and be moved in someway in their spiritual life. Many times people are struggling to find their purpose and meaning and think that will come through some supernatural touch from the Holy Spirit. Many times they leave with the same problems they came in with. They start feeling that church doesn't work for them the way it does for others. It's because of this that many don't see the need to go to church. They are hit and miss because they think that church is just about their spiritual walk with the Lord. This couldn't be farther from the truth. What would a church look like if they understood that Jesus had placed all of them on a team? A team to win the souls of people. A team that needed to perform together to accomplish something bigger than themselves.
When Jesus started his ministry, the first thing He did is build a team. He didn't build a building (as a matter of fact, he never built a building). He built a team of men that would work together to accomplish something greater than themselves. Jesus is still building teams today! He brings people together with different talents and abilities to accomplish something greater that they could ever accomplish on their own. When I was on my high school basketball team we had practice everyday after school and games on Friday night. If you didn't come to practice you didn't play in the game. Even if you were good enough to skip practice you still had to come and practice with the team. Through practice we learned how the team plays and how to play to our strengths. We learned each other and we learned to care about one another. If a team member didn't show up, we demanded to know why. It was unacceptable that a team member wasn't there. Not because they did know the plays or even needed the practice but they did need to be with the team.
When Jesus started his ministry, the first thing He did is build a team. He didn't build a building (as a matter of fact, he never built a building). He built a team of men that would work together to accomplish something greater than themselves. Jesus is still building teams today! He brings people together with different talents and abilities to accomplish something greater that they could ever accomplish on their own. When I was on my high school basketball team we had practice everyday after school and games on Friday night. If you didn't come to practice you didn't play in the game. Even if you were good enough to skip practice you still had to come and practice with the team. Through practice we learned how the team plays and how to play to our strengths. We learned each other and we learned to care about one another. If a team member didn't show up, we demanded to know why. It was unacceptable that a team member wasn't there. Not because they did know the plays or even needed the practice but they did need to be with the team.
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