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Daily Bread

The right people

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God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. — 1 Corinthians 12:18

The film Miracle tells the true story of the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team as it marches to an improbable gold medal. At the outset of the story, coach Herb Brooks is shown selecting the players for his team. When he gives assistant coach Craig Patrick a list of names he has chosen, Craig says in surprise, “You’re missing some of the best players.” Brooks responds, “I’m not looking for the best players, Craig — just the right ones.”

Brooks knew that individual talent would take the team only so far. A willingness to fit into his style of selfless play would be far more important than talent. Clearly, team success, not individual glory, was the priority.

The biblical call to service has a similar emphasis. In God’s purposes, each believer does his or her part, but the results are team-oriented. After explaining the wide differences in the spiritual gifts of believers, Paul says, “the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all” (1 Cor. 12:7). When we use the skills God gives us, His purposes are accomplished, and He gets the glory. In God’s service, it’s not about being the best, the most talented, or the most gifted. It’s about being the right people — the ones God “set . . . in the body” (v. 18) — joining together to serve the same team.                                  — Bill Crowder

Christ builds His church with different stones

And makes each one secure;

All shapes and sizes fit in place

To make His church endure. — Anon.

 

READ: 1 Corinthians 12:7-18

There are no unimportant people in the body of Christ.

The Bible in one year:

• Job 3-4

• Acts 7:44-60

BILL CROWDER

CRAIG PATRICK

GOD

HERB BROOKS

IN GOD

MDASH

ONE

TEAM

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