Team work!

A few weeks a home school mom got me to thinking about team work. She wanted her children involved in team sports so they could learn team work. My reply was that we teach team work at home and it follows through with the other areas of our lives. I felt happy about my response; the parent is responsible to teach a child team work.

Yet, something pricked my heart that there was something missing. So, I kept my eyes and ears open. Today in society there is a big push for 'team work'. It takes a village to raise a child, how to make a company work, sports, marriage 50/50, compromising, working together and etc. It all sounds nice and good. Basic godly principles. Helping each other, self sacrifice for the good of the whole. Yeah, that is biblical isn't it?

Then in my daily scripture reading I came to The Tower of Babel. Wow! Now isn't that team work, isn't that the way of the world. Isn't that the emphasis of today's generation. And God said NO! wrong. Cannot have this. So he confused their languages and the parted to all parts of the world.

Now I was really confused. Why would God not want us to work together? Are we not all one body in Christ? So I spent some time in prayer and waiting on the Lord. And one scripture in particular stood out, Colossians 3:23 " And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"

Ah, with the Tower of Babel they were not doing it unto God, it was for self. Oh, yes things started to fall into place. Our focus has to be on God and God only. When our total focus is on God we will do the right. It may appear at times we are 'team working' but in actuality we are focusing on God not each other. Then the outcome will not have to be 'confused' by God. It will be to God's glory. Dawn