Developing an Unselfish Team

Many of us remember the horror of standing on a playground waiting to be selected by one of two captains as teams were being formed. Maybe this didn't happen to you, but I remember way too many of these moments. This can build quite an inferiority complex because it causes one to feel they aren't smart enough or talented enough for anything.

God knows better. He selects the most unlikely people (in the world's eyes) to follow Him. Just look at the first disciples. They were considered social misfits, yet they turned the world upside down with the message of the gospel.

That is the reason we have a session in our Blueprint of a Leader training workshop titled Developing an Unselfish Team. We don't claim to be experts on team-building, so we went to the greatest expert on team-building there has ever been. That's right. God. Just take a look at some of the teams He has put together since the very beginning of time.

Just imagine for a moment what an ideation session between God the Father and Jesus the Son may have sounded like regarding the creation of man. Actually, we find our answer in Genesis 1:26.

“Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness....”

This wasn't intended to be simply a human likeness, but a spiritual likeness....one of righteousness (which we can never achieve).

This next event gets debated quite a bit today; but, we can't dispute what God's Word says when it comes His the next “team.”

“Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.” - Genesis 2:22

We know Moses was a great leader, yet Moses wasn't confident at all when God called him. God even had to send Moses' brother Aaron to help him rescue the Israelites. Who's your "second in command?" Let them know how much you appreciate their willingness to work with you.

“So he shall be your spokesman to the people, and he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.” - Exodus 4:16

Jesus was a great leader and teacher, yet he took upon Himself the role of a servant. He expects the same of us today. We are called to lead by example, just as Jesus did. What kind of leader are you?

“Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” - Mark 9:35

The definition for teamwork is, “a number of persons associated together in work or activity.” Synonyms of teamwork are “devoted,” “giving” and “self-sacrificing.” Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived knew the value in teamwork.

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.” - Ecclesiastes 4:9

Find a Christian brother or sister to team up with this week, and do something unique for the Lord together.