Have you ever noticed that when God wants to accomplish something, he almost always uses teams.
It may sound trite, but in a sense, we can think of the Trinity as a team of three. In respect to our salvation we see this team in action when the Father sends the Son to be the savior of the world, the Son gives himself as a sacrifice for our sin, and the Holy Spirit regenerates and indwells the believer.
In creation we again see this team in action when God says “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.”
Then out of the teamwork of creation comes the teamwork of marriage: a man and a woman uniting, becoming one and procreating children as a result (Genesis 2:24).
King Solomon vividly describes the wisdom of teamwork:
Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one;they get a better return for their labor. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back to back and conquer. Three areeven better, for a triple braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes
4:12 (New Living Translation)
Interestingly, most major spiritual advances recorded in the Bible are associated with some very famous teams:
- The Exodus: Moses and Aaron
- The beginning of the Davidic Line: David and Jonathan
- The start of the prophetic age: Elijah and Elisha
- The ministry of Jesus: Jesus and the Disciples
- The expansion of the church: Paul and Timothy
Your men’s team ministry team has been formed to accomplish something very profound: to love a widow, widower, single parent, or someone else with a long term need exactly the way Jesus wants you to love them. You should expect the results of your teamwork to be just as profound.
This post first appeared in Doing Good Well, Thirty Daily Meditations on Developing a Biblical and Focused Discipline of Good Works, by Herb Reese (Now available on Amazon), and in NewCommandment.org.
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