WORKING TOGETHER
"Now
there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of
service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the
same God who inspires them all in every one. To each is given the manifestation
of the Spirit for the common good." (1 Corinthians 12:4-7)
Harry
Artinian, formerly president of corporate quality for the Colgate-Palmolive
Company, once said, "I like to tell the story about the entrepreneur who
wanted to build the perfect car. He
rented a warehouse and filled it with the 150 best cars ever built. Then he told his engineers to find the best
part in each car he had bought.
"So
they took the best engine from the Mercedes, the best door handle from the
Buick, the best transmission from the Toyota,
the best rack-and-pinion steering from the Ford, and so on and so on. When he was done, he had a car assembled out
of 15,000 best parts that human minds could engineer. Unfortunately, the car didn't function
because the parts didn't work together."
Artinian's point is clear: In order for synergy and teamwork to take
place, the people on the team have to function as a team, not just a collection
of individuals.
--
Pat Williams in The Magic of Teamwork
#3430
That is such a GREAT story and illustration. It is going into my "plagiarism" barrel for a soon to be preached sermon. We forget that God threw away EVERY pattern God used to bring each of us into the world.
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Blessings, Eileen F.
I just copied soundbite's Working Together...I wanted to use it with my Sunday School Class.
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