It is the last week of school.
You can feel the focus and energy. Everyone is excited to get to the end of the year with a big home run. No sliding necessary! Run with purpose and confidence, knowing it is all good.
This is the power of team focus. You can sense it. Each one knows their role and what must be done. There is determination, tenacity, and a harmony that comes from being united with one purpose and one goal. United with a purpose and a goal. This verse captures the idea of team focus.
"I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose." -Corinthians 1:10
What did that mean? I am no theologian, but I understand and have witnessed division and clashes in groups of people who are supposed to be a team. I remember someone in Sunday School saying that "Satan does some of his best work in churches." A house divided cannot stand.
Does that mean we will always agree? No. We all have the ability to think for ourselves if we choose to use it, but we must seek out the scriptures, too. The early church was fighting over some of the same things that causes churches to lose their harmony today. It is important to remember our focus.
The purpose of the early church was to advance the Gospel. The survival of the Good News of the resurrection and the new covenant was in their hands and they were fighting over bacon and circumcision. They lost focus. They lost sight of the goal. They wanted what they wanted. How far could they push new personal freedoms? They became "me" focused and not "Thee" focused. Perhaps, we do that too.
How often did they ask, "Does this new freedom make me hunger for a deeper relationship with Jesus?" Does it free me to spread the gospel to strangers? They lost their unity and harmony over legal disagreements and customs. Power hunger and self absorption can happen anywhere. The letters in the New Testament are full of them.
When we unite for the purpose of sharing Jesus, everything changes.
Today, I am grateful for team focus.
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