NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF US!

NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF US!

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10"9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble"

"Talent wins games,but teamwork and intelligence win championships"--Michael Jordan.

Andrew Carnegie defined TEAMWORK as the ability to work together toward a common vision.The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives.It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results".

Have you heard the adage,"It takes two flints to make a fire?".

A certain Professor has written a book recently titled,"Working with Rawlings"which has generated a lot of political brouhaha and controversy.The book is about one of the former Presidents in Ghana called JJ.Rawlings.

The author of the book was a former appointee of President Rawlings.The book has #infuriated many loyalist of the former President because they claimed it seeks to undermine his contributions towards the development of Ghana and the formation of a political Party he founded known as NDC.

Because l love Rawlings,l read his reactions to the book and l must confess that his reaction was so brilliant.In his response he didn't portray himself as the repository of wisdom or all knowledge or someone who was better than anyone in Ghana.He was humble to attribute all his success stories to the hard work of a TEAM.He mentioned TEAM OR TEAMWORK several times in that write up.That is the mark of a great leader!

Bad leaders underplays the contributions of others in their success stories.As a Pastor l know that l cannot underestimate the contributions of others in my ministry if l want to succeed.

Last Sunday,one of the ladies who cleans our Church, told me they saw human faeces inside the uncompleted building we are using for our children service.I was so much disturbed and worried that this people had to clean up faeces of enemies of our Church so l had to immediately take a salary loan to fix a burglar-proof doors and windows to prevent this evil people from coming closer to that building.A good leader values the contributions of others.

While the word TEAMWORK does not appear in the #Bible, the Word of God does contain a lot of information about working together. Teamwork is evident in the societal structures of #marriage, #family, #community, and #business.

The most foundational team is the one created when someone accepts #Christ as Lord and Savior. From that very instant, the #newborn child of God is never alone (Hebrews 13:5). The believer has the advantage of being part of his own “God team,” with the benefits of the guidance of the Holy Spirit (1 John 2:27), the priestly provisions of Jesus (Hebrews10:19–22), and the eternal love of a faithful Father (1 Corinthians 1:9; 10:13).

We are designed to need God and each other. No one has all the #skills, gifts, or wisdom necessary for a successful life. We are exhorted to use the gifts we receive—the talents and unique bents of our created nature, as well as our spiritual gifts—to serve one another with kindness, respect, and appreciation.

The first examples of teamwork found in the Bible are in the opening chapter of Genesis. There we find the Trinity: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, working in concert at creation (Genesis 1:1–3). Each member of the #Godhead had a position to fill in the creation of the world; each One had a defined job to perform.

On the sixth day of #creation, God fashioned Adam and Eve, the first human team. They were designed to #complement each other and mirror the image and the community—the teamwork—of the #Trinity (Genesis 1:26–27).

Ephesians 4:12 refers to the church—the community of believers—as the “body of Christ.” The #church is to work as a team. First Corinthians 12:17–31 unpacks the idea of the church as a body in greater depth, using the systems of the human body as an analogy for the way team members need to rely on each other. Strong teams, just like strong bodies, are made up of #interdependent members fulfilling defined #tasks.

There is no #jealousy in teamwork. When the whole team is working for the glory of #God, there is no internal #competition: “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow” (1 Corinthians 3:6). The unified team understands that reaching #goals is God’s doing. And what God is doing requires #teamwork on our part: “The sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor” (John 4:36–38).

In conclusion,meditate on 1 Corinthians 12:17-20,"17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

None of us is as smart as #all of us!Have a blessed Wednesday and a great week in Jesus Name!--Pastor Christian Mawuko.Golden Gospel Church.Box AM 54,Amasaman,Accra,Ghana.

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