Romans 12:4-5 (KJV)
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
I am currently reading a book by Dan Brown called, The Boys in the Boat. It’s the story of the 1936 Olympic gold medalists from the University of Washington. The crew consisted of eight rowers, a coxswain and, of course, their coach. I see a great number of similarities between the boat and the work of a church. Boats have a pretty big role in the New Testament.
The coach is typical of the Lord.
It is his place to put the crew together and to make them fit for the work.
It is his place to put the crew together and to make them fit for the work.
The coxswain is typical of the pastor.
He sits in a position to see the whole crew and the water before and around them. He is not a rower himself, never could have been. He has to be small. As the “captain of the ship,” he steers the course straight. His only real quality is his voice, his ability to read the need at any given time in the race, and his ability to inspire the crew to row.
He sits in a position to see the whole crew and the water before and around them. He is not a rower himself, never could have been. He has to be small. As the “captain of the ship,” he steers the course straight. His only real quality is his voice, his ability to read the need at any given time in the race, and his ability to inspire the crew to row.
The crew, of course, is the members of the church.
They do not look around. They only look at the tower in front of them. The stroke rower, closest to the coxswain, hears the coxswain and follows his cues. The others follow him, each doing the same thing at the same time, with the subtle differences that is called for in their position in the boat.
They do not look around. They only look at the tower in front of them. The stroke rower, closest to the coxswain, hears the coxswain and follows his cues. The others follow him, each doing the same thing at the same time, with the subtle differences that is called for in their position in the boat.
When all of this is done well, rowers call it, “the swing.” Athletes in other sports today call it, “being in the zone.” In a church, we would call it, revival.
A church is more like a rowing crew than maybe any other sort of sport because there are no stars in the crew. The crew either fits into one under the coxswain’s call or they flounder in the water. There is no room for someone to row harder, faster or dig deeper than the rest. There is no place for a rower to question the coxswain or begin barking out his own strokes. The crew has to work as one body under the coxswain’s calls, or they are no crew at all.
Lord, move our individual rower from the boat.
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Romans 12:4-5 (KJV) The Boys in the Boat
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