Currently we’re in a message series that I’ve called “Faith Workout” Living the Christian life is not for wimps, you have to be a strong person to stand up for God in a world that wants little to do with Him. Your faith must grow stronger each day in order to handle the challenges that you will be facing in the future. So, we don’t have any time to waste, let’s get on with our Faith Workout for this week.
Today our Faith Workout lesson is “Learning Teamwork.” Contrary to what some people think, being a believer is like a team sport. The life of faith is not meant to be lived on your own, but in a community or team of believers. A team of believers is much stronger and able to do much more than just one believer alone. NIV Ecclesiastes 4:12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Too many believers think they can make it on their own and they are overpowered, sometimes by sin, sometimes by circumstances. However, when believers learn teamwork, they can defend themselves, they become strong together and can stand firm.
In the game of soccer, a pass from one soccer player to another travels faster than any single player can run. So teamwork can accomplish more than trying to do it all yourself. The same is true in the Christian life. Yet because of our American tradition of individualism, many believers and churches miss out on the power of teamwork.
Today, in our passage from the book of James, we’re going to look at one of the main impediments to teamwork. We’re going to look at what it is, why it’s wrong and what you can do about it. Our goal is to build powerful teams within this church that do great things for God.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my August 19, 2007 message entitled Learning Teamwork