A Team Effort

Day 214: Romans 15:23-33, 16:1-9

“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.” - Romans‬ ‭16:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Christianity never has, nor will it ever, been a one-person show. From the very beginning of his ministry efforts for Christ’s name, Paul was adamant about the importance of having a team.

With the increasing development of technology, we have all been sold on the idea that we can go at this life by ourselves. Still, labor-saving devices haven't made the journey any sweeter, meaningful, or sustainable. It's only in working side by side with others that we really start to experience these three.

Jesus' followers have also, from the start, led the way on equality as they worked as a team. Men and women aren’t working in separate camps in this movement. Phoebe, Priscilla, Junia, and Mary — working alongside Paul, Aquila, Silas, and Andronicus.

All that God is calling us to do is going to require everyone to join in. This is going to take time and a lot of communication, but it is going to be worth every second.

Cooperation also means so much because it is a foreshadowing of heaven, where “we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17)

“The open door, the open hand and the open heart are characteristics of the Christian life.” - William Barclay

"...from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love." - Ephesians 4:16 NASB