I was a basketball player while in high school. At that time we played 6 on 6; the year I graduated was the last of 6 on 6 basketball in the state of Oklahoma. Over the years God has taken that, some thing I did in the natural, and has ministered to me things of the Spirit. One of those things has been regarding these scriptures.
Colossians 3:12-15
12: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14: And above all these things put on charity ( love ), which is the bond of perfectness.
15: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Philippians 2:1-3
1: If there be therefore any consolation ( comfort, exhortation, encouragement ) in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2: Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4: Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
While playing ball in high school, I was a forward. I was one of the three starting girls responsible for scoring the points. The forwards were always going to be recognized for how many points they scored. If you were making a game plan against another team, you always wondered about what forwards you had to look out for. If you won, that forward's name was going to be in the paper for making that final shot, or for racking up the most points. The forwards seemed to be front and center. The defense, the guards, didn't always seem to have that kind of "light" shown on their behalf.
When I got suited out for a game, or if I was shooting around before ball practice, there was a always a girl who would come and rebound for me, she in fact was my best friend, and a guard. Someone might begin rebounding, but when she got out there, got available, she'd be there to rebound for me. I usually had some sort of routine I worked through; working around the goal from right to left, back left to right, move out some to again do the same pattern. I'd make my way to the 3 point line, and do the same; adding in some numerous free throws, or random perimeter jump shots. But she was always there, always there to help me, there to rebound. Maybe it might have seemed boring. Maybe it might have seemed monotonous, I don't know, I don't recall ever hearing her complain, she just did it, and did it with diligence. When my points went up in the paper, she wasn't recognized as "my rebounder" no one knew the effort she put in to help me, no one knew the help she, or others, put in for what I was doing. But you know what? I had need of her. She was a help to me for what I was doing, and us as a team, were trying to achieve. We as forwards, had need of all those guards, and we as the starting 6, had need of all those who sat on the bench; they encouraged us or relieved us when necessary. We were one team, and we were to be of one heart.
The Lord has ministered to me many times about this particular ball team, and the other day was just another example. I was encouraged by what he was showing me, and ministering to me about those who rebounded.
Just as the scriptures said, the eye can't say to the hand, I have no need of thee. Every member has its function, and all members are required for the body to function. All members are to have the same care one for another, to be likeminded to be of one mind, working together as one body, and with the goal to see the power of God!
Luke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
God Bless You,
Misty
14: And above all these things put on charity ( love ), which is the bond of perfectness.
15: And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Philippians 2:1-3
1: If there be therefore any consolation ( comfort, exhortation, encouragement ) in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2: Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4: Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 Corinthians 12: 12-27
12: For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14: For the body is not one member, but many.
15: If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16: And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17: If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18: But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19: And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20: But now are they many members, yet but one body.
21: And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
22: Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
24: or our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26: And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27: Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
When I got suited out for a game, or if I was shooting around before ball practice, there was a always a girl who would come and rebound for me, she in fact was my best friend, and a guard. Someone might begin rebounding, but when she got out there, got available, she'd be there to rebound for me. I usually had some sort of routine I worked through; working around the goal from right to left, back left to right, move out some to again do the same pattern. I'd make my way to the 3 point line, and do the same; adding in some numerous free throws, or random perimeter jump shots. But she was always there, always there to help me, there to rebound. Maybe it might have seemed boring. Maybe it might have seemed monotonous, I don't know, I don't recall ever hearing her complain, she just did it, and did it with diligence. When my points went up in the paper, she wasn't recognized as "my rebounder" no one knew the effort she put in to help me, no one knew the help she, or others, put in for what I was doing. But you know what? I had need of her. She was a help to me for what I was doing, and us as a team, were trying to achieve. We as forwards, had need of all those guards, and we as the starting 6, had need of all those who sat on the bench; they encouraged us or relieved us when necessary. We were one team, and we were to be of one heart.
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| The year we were with one heart! |
The Lord has ministered to me many times about this particular ball team, and the other day was just another example. I was encouraged by what he was showing me, and ministering to me about those who rebounded.
Just as the scriptures said, the eye can't say to the hand, I have no need of thee. Every member has its function, and all members are required for the body to function. All members are to have the same care one for another, to be likeminded to be of one mind, working together as one body, and with the goal to see the power of God!
Luke 17:10
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
God Bless You,
Misty
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