CHRIST’S TEAM

1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 27
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

One Body with Many Parts

12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. 13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles,[a] some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit…
27 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

Read 1st Corinthians 12:12-27 for the full message God is communicating to us through the Apostle Paul.

Paul wanted to ensure us that every follower of Christ is important. Be assured that your contribution to Christ’s Team is crucial. No one has the right to act as though he or she is separate from the body nor should members of Christ’s body envy one another.

While we may wish that we (or others) were different, the bottom line is that God created each of us just as He wanted us to be and calls upon each of us to faithfully serve according to our unique calling. We are to view every member of our team as a crucial part.

How do you feel about your role on your current team or on teams with whom you have been involved in the past? How do you feel about the roles of other team members? What could you do to demonstrate that you value each member and want to strengthen his or her relationship with the rest of the team?