Synergy

Synergy - The action of two or more substances, organs, or organisms to achieve an effect of which each is individually incapable. Working together.

On Saturday, 3-15-08, Sunday, 3-16-08, and Wednesday, 3-19-08 I saw and experienced synergy. Synergy was a buzz word in the corporate world for a while. It is still used some, but not as much as it was a couple of years ago. It was also used in the church world lingo for a while and seems to have faded from the church world vocabulary. But not for me. I think it is a very Biblical word and I had the opportunity to experience it recently.

On Saturday, 3-15-08 people worked together to accomplish a great deal of work that involved packing, loading and moving.

On Sunday, 3-16-08 people cooperated with one another and God in order to help others worship, accept Christ, recommit their lives to Jesus and be encouraged in their faith walk. I also watched as people moved in harmony to rearrange a worship area so that it would be ready for a special Easter Service. People buzzing back and forth with positive attitudes, good ideas and an abundance of joy and laughter.

On Wednesday, 3-19-08 men came together and accomplished in two hours what it would have taken two days for one man to accomplish. And we had fun working together.

Synergy. It is found in Theology, Psychology, Spirituality, Sociology and in other "ologies". It is seen in science, history, the human body and in nature and in the Three Musketeers.

Synergy. It is not found in Meology. It is not found in the great trinity of self - Me, Myself and I. It is not found in mine not Thine.

Synergy calls for humility, pride, selflessness, self awareness, cooperation, confidence, and the desire to accomplish a greater good than yourself. Christianity is about Synergy. Working together to accomplish God's Kingdom Work.

Think Synergy.

1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:1-4