He introduced his theme by sharing one of the things he likes about football. Football is a team sport. Not only that, but a football team has players of all shapes and sizes. Some are smaller players who are fast and agile. Others are very big men. There are a couple kinds of kickers, and there's the quarterback who call the signals and throws the ball. Receivers have good hands and lots of courage. In contrast, most of the players on a soccer team are similar to some extent except the goalie.
The football team, to some extent, serves as a metaphor for the body of Christ that Paul wrote about in his letter to the Romans. We are one body with many members. Each of us in this body brings different gifts, and in Romans 12 we see some of these outlined.
Terry then applied this to us as a church family. How has God gifted you? How are you adding to the body life of this group?
He asked another pointed question. If this church disappeared, would it be missed? What are we contributing to the local community?
To each of us individually, he asked, "Are you chipping in? How can you add something to the common good?"
He closed by stating, "It's your task to figure out how you are contributing."
