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Daily Bread

The wooden rule

The Philippine Star

The body is not one member but many.— 1 Corinthians 12:14

 

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden had an interesting rule for his teams. Whenever a player scored, he was to acknowledge the person on the team who had assisted. When he was coaching high school, one of his players asked, “Coach, won’t that take up too much time?” Wooden replied, “I’m not asking you to run over there and give him a big hug. A nod will do.”

To achieve victory on the basketball court, Wooden saw the importance of teaching his players that they were a team — not “just a bunch of independent operators.” Each person contributed to the success of everyone else.

That reminds me of the way the body of Christ should work. According to 1 Corinthians 12:19-20, each of us is a separate part of one body. “If they were all one member, where would the body be? But . . . there are many members, yet one body.” Is the success of a pastor, a Bible study, or a church program based solely on one person’s accomplishments? How many people contribute to the smooth operation of a church, a Christian organization, a family?

Coach Wooden’s rule and 1 Corinthians 12 are both rooted in the principle of seeing our need for one another. Let’s use our gifts within the body of Christ to build up, strengthen, and help to carry out God’s purposes (vv.1-11). — Cindy Hess Kasper

                          

 

All Christians have been gifted

By grace from God above,

Equipped to build and strengthen

The church in faith and love. — Fitzhugh

                                     

 

READ: 1 Corinthians 12:14-26

 

There are no unimportant

people in the body of Christ.

 

The Bible in one year:

• Isaiah 47-49

• 1 Thessalonians 4

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ALL CHRISTIANS

BODY

CINDY HESS KASPER

COACH WOODEN

CORINTHIANS

FITZHUGH

JOHN WOODEN

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