Synergy by Gary Rose

Branch manager and assistant manager

I like this; a BIG dog and his little assistant!!! The first thought that came to mind is that some people seem to get all the recognition and others- not-so-much. That's life. But, in the Bible, the APOSTLE OF JESUS, Paul, had a lot of help and gave them recognition for it.

Consider the following verses (especially the emboldened words)..

Acts, Chapter 13 (World English Bible)
¹³  Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.  

Acts, Chapter 14, (WEB)
 ¹⁴ But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out, ¹⁵ “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;  

Acts, Chapter 17, (WEB)
  ⁴  Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women. 

 ¹⁴ Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.  ¹⁵ But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed. 

1 Corinthians, Chapter 1 (WEB)
¹ Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 

2 Corinthians, Chapter 1 (WEB)
 ¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:  

1 Thessalonians, Chapter 1 (WEB)
  ¹ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Paul was a man of great intellect; someone who could write a theological book like Romans. A person whose reasoning is precise and whose logic was impeccable. However, this same man loved others, especially the brethren in Christ. This comes through in all his books, but especially in the book of 2 Corinthians and Philemon.

Christianity is spread by a TEAM effort. It is a religion of LOVE and FELLOWSHIP. There is a saying that seems appropriate: Many hands make light work. 

Follow Paul's example of LOVE and FELLOWSHIP!  It worked in the first century and can work in the 21st.