The Carnegie Technological Institute has stated that 90% of all people who fail in their life's vocation fail because they cannot get along with people.
Philippians 4:3 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
It is often seen that people with brilliant skills and high expertise are unable to work within a team. Individualism often takes the lead and that makes them dominate others. They always want to set the highest standard. It is different thing to lead from the front, perhaps disappointing to expect everyone in the team to perform like them and be effective. A selfish nature and a lazy attitude with lack of discipline is also another extreme of individualism in a team. Paul while writing to the Church in Philippi addresses to the issue of accepting and working with people who are different from us.
It takes humility to work with others, especially if they are not of your kind in some way or the other. Yes, it’s hard to see folks not being able to produce results as you can or cannot. But that’s what the kingdom of God is about. We have people from different backgrounds and different skill set coming to one place. So Paul reminds them to have the same mind in the Lord. Causing conflicts and having issues in the team, will only hamper your growth in the Lord and also affect the work of the kingdom. Perhaps when you have the same mind of the Lord it’s easier to accept people as they are and love them. So Jesus was fine with Judas Iscariot on his team and even the doubting Thomas. You are good when the team wins.
Stanley Thomas Isac
Stanley is serving as the Pastor of Crossway Church in New Delhi, he can be reached at Pastorstanleytisac@gmail.com
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