07/21/22 FAMILY, TEAMING

07/21/22 FAMILY, TEAMING

A team is not simply a group of people gathered together or gathered together for a specific purpose. A team is at least people with the same purpose, the same directives, committed to unified pursuit and sacrificial service. A team is much more, but if we take this simple statement as a starting point we should ask ourselves if we are part of a family team, a local church team. Do we live for the accomplishment of our goal, regardless the cost and do we sacrifice our personal desires, feelings, plans for the good of the team?
God planned for the family (His family in particular) to be a team.

Those who are not part of God's family (team) are on the opposing team (singular, not plural).
God planned for the universal Church to be a team.

God planned for the local church to be a team.
If you are not committed to team ethics, relationships, goals, teammates, guidelines, then you are not part of the team.

No matter how talented an individual may be, it takes a team to win a team sport. Glory hogs seldom have as much to offer as they think they have, and even when there is a super star on the team, even if a super star makes enormous contributions to the team, he is still required to be part of a team. Like it or not, God set it up that way.

Those who seek their own glory, those who rebuff and degrade team members are disqualified from God's service. Pride is the great dis-qualifier. Very talented, but proud players are actually the opponents of God.

This makes supposed champions into five star losers.