Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden had an interesting rule for his teams. Whenever a player scored, he was to acknowledge the person on the team who had assisted. When he was coaching high school, one of his players asked, Coach, wont that take up too much time? Wooden replied, Im not asking you to run over there and give him a big hug. A nod will do.
To achieve victory on the basketball court, Wooden saw the importance of teaching his players that they were a teamnot just a bunch of independent operators. Each person contributed to the success of everyone else.
That reminds me of the way the body of Christ should work. According to 1 Corinthians 12:19-20, each of us is a separate part of one body. If they were all one member, where would the body be? But . . . there are many members, yet one body. Is the success of a pastor, a Bible study, or a church program based solely on one persons accomplishments? How many people contribute to the smooth operation of a church, a Christian organization, a family?
Coach Woodens rule and 1 Corinthians 12 are both rooted in the principle of seeing our need for one another. Lets use our gifts within the body of Christ to build up, strengthen, and help to carry out Gods purposes (vv.1-11).
Would that that was true today in sports, the office, etc..
Terrific lesson today, Mayor. Thanks for today's sustenance for body and soul.
A Blessed Lord's Day to The Mayor family.
"No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light." -from THE BIBLE: Luke 11:33-36