As a Team
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 11th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
Romans 12:4: “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, …”
Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 12:14:
“For in fact the body is not one member but many.”
In the Kingdom of God, there is no superstar, there are no one-man shows. Take a football team: there are 11 players. Each one has a specific job to do. A football team is not 11 defenders. If they were, no one would ever score against them, but they would never win a match because there would be no one to put the ball in the other net. They are not all strikers. Why? Because if they were strikers, the match would probably be about 20 goals, but the opposition would have 25 goals because there is no one to defend the team. They would lose on goal average.
I want to tell you a true story. Many years ago, I am not going to tell you which team, because they were so wealthy they bought all the best players they wanted, so they had 11 superstars, and each one had his own idea of what he wanted to do. It got so bad that, in desperation, the manager, a very brave and famous soccer player himself, did something drastic. He dropped the first team completely and brought in the youngsters, the under twenty’s. They were young men, full of talent but raw, and completely dedicated to whatever the manager said. With that young team, they won the triple crown. They won all the different competitions. Why? Because these young men listened first to the manager and only did what he told them to do.
Now we have a manager. His name is Jesus Christ. He has made us all differently. We need to start to pull together as a team and then the world will hear the Gospel.
Today, work in the area God has gifted you for, and you will see the difference.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.