A Team Effort

I had the opportunity last night to watch a professional baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies. The tickets were a birthday gift from my family. I was reminded once again that baseball truly is a team sport. While the focus is usually on the battle between pitcher and the batter, a whole lot more is going on. Fielders are constantly adjusting their positions. If a runner is on base, the defensive baseman is working to keep him from getting too big of a lead. The field coaches are constantly relaying signs to key people. A relief pitcher may be warming up in the event he is needed. In anticipation of a throw to a particular base, someone is assigned to back up the play in case the initial catch is missed. When everyone on the team is doing their part, it really is amazing to watch. Many individual players and coaches, working together, make a very difficult task look very easy.

Periodically, I need to remind myself that serving God is also a team effort. The apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 12:14-20 help me out: “For the body (team) is not one member, but many. If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body (team),” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body (team). And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body (team),” it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body (team). If the whole body (team) were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body (team), just as He desired. If they were all one member, where would the body (team) be? But now there are many members, but one body (team).” Go team!!!

God loves you!
Mike