People to WIN! -- Unity!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Read Eph. 4:11-16
By Marvin Lashley

“Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between; you are either in or out.”-- Pat Riley

“The one man team is a complete and total myth.” – Don Shula

Ever hear the words, “united we stand, divided we fall”? Such a powerful truth. Ask any football quarterback who the most important player to him is when he first gets his hands on the ball. He knows that his protection is his linemen. They protect him as he gets the ball to his receiver. NO ONE MAN can win on the football field! It takes a team, but not only a team, a UNIFIED team. They are all working together, doing their individual part and using their own talents for the good of the team!

Divide and Conquer. There is a reason behind this idea. If you divide a team, or an army, you destroy the unity. It would be hard to win a football game with no linemen on your team, and a battle would be a sure defeat if your soldiers were cut off from those who supplied them. WE MUST BE UNITED!

“It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-13)

Applying the Truth as an Individual
What can you do today to be a champion for unity?

Applying the Truth as a Church
Pray today for unity within the body.