Servant Leadership:

Teamwork! 

"So built we the wall...for the people had a mind to work." Nehemiah 4:6 KJV 

On 29 May, 1953, Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa born in Nepal, and Edmund Hilary, a New Zealander, accomplished what no other human beings ever had: they stood at the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Could they have made it without a great team? No way! Tenzing tells the story: "For each level we reached, a higher degree of teamwork was required. One group would exhaust themselves just getting the equipment up the mountain for the next group. Two-men teams would work finding a path, cutting steps, securing ropes, spending themselves to make the next leg of the climb possible for others. You don’t climb a mountain like Everest by trying to race ahead on your own or by competing with your comrades. No, you do it slowly and carefully by unselfish teamwork. Certainly, I wanted to reach the top myself; it was the thing I’d dreamed of all my life. But if the lot fell to someone else I would take it like a man, not a cry baby. Where would Hilary and I have been without the others? Without the climbers who made the route? The Sherpas who carried the loads? Those who cleared the path ahead? It was only through the work and sacrifice of them all that we had our chance at the top." 

How do you build a business, a ministry, and a career? The same way you climb a mountain – through others. Teamwork makes the dream work, so today ask yourself: "Who belongs in my life?" 

Prayer point:

Lord, you haven’t called me to be a spiritual "lone ranger", but to be part of a team. Help me to contribute unselfishly, playing my part and considering the interests of the team as a whole, and not just my own.