Many Members, Many Functions

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Last week we talked about being fruitful.  We looked at what it took to have benefit and increase in one’s life, we talked about discerning strengths and weaknesses, and we talked about concentrating on developing one’s strengths to accomplish all that God has for them.

This week we are going to explore weaknesses.  What do you do about the things that you are not good at?  What do you do when you start to become fruitful in one area, you go to prune back a different area, and you find that the aspect of your life that you are about to cut away is also vital?

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For example, let’s take the example of a photographer.  Let’s say that s/he is very artistic, they have the skill and eye to capture pictures that most could not, and they have even taken some photography classes to augment their skills.  Now, let’s also say that their business starts to take off, but they hate doing accounting.  They cannot exactly just drop the accounting side of things to take pictures.  They will be out of business in a month.  Nor can they afford a full time accountant.  What do they do!?!?

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Well the good news is that they do not need a full time accountant.  Their accounting needs are probably very small, and they are also probably fairly simple.  If they were doing all of their accounting needs on their own, then they don’t need a world class accountant.  Probably the only thing they need is a college student who is good with numbers and needs a little extra money.  This photographer could hire a math-minded college student at $10-$15/hour for a couple hours a month to take care of all their billing needs.  Even if this college student were paid the same amount of money as the photographer makes per hour, it would still be worth it, because this math-minded college student could get the work done in half the time.

Now let’s take this example and apply it to any situation in life.  No matter what the circumstance is, you will not be good at everything!  Nor are you supposed to be!  The bible says that the Body of Christ is made up of many members with different functions.  Let’s stop trying to be good at everything, and surround ourselves with people who are strong where we are weak!!!

Have a good one.  See you all tomorrow!!