I’ve been preached to a thousand times about the body of Christ, but it’s been taking a while for the information to click with me.  It’s the whole moving from head knowledge to heart knowledge thing.  Recently I’ve had another “ah ha” moment about unity.

The last few days in the compass have been about this topic.  I was reluctant to read because I assumed I already knew what I need to know about unity, but I went along with it anyway.  To my surprise, something is beginning to click with me.

You have a role to play and a function to fulfill while on this team. God has placed you on this team and wants to use you with the gifts and talents He has given you. You have a part on this team; you have a role to play, a have a job to fulfill. (p. 12)

Can you imagine if all of you had the gift of leadership? It would be a nightmare for the leaders on your team. Or what if every one had the gift of evangelism?  You’d see a lot of people saved, but not a lot encouraged, taught, or discipled. It would be a dysfunctional team. It wouldn’t work. (p. 13)

The Holy Spirit has distributed those gifts in a way that works best. Everyone on your team has a different gift. (p. 13)

This isn’t some mission trip that God decided to throw us into for fun... this isn’t a set of random events that we just so happen to be a part of.  God chose each and every one of us, out of every Christian teenager (and adult!) in America, to be in this amazing group of nine people.  He chose us for our gifts and talents, and even for our personal struggles so we may begin healing.  We each have a different job to fulfill and I can’t wait to figure those out during training camp!  11 more days!