The Florida Gators made history Monday evening with back-to-back national championships in basketball. This is a rare feat in college sports. Hats off to the Gators and congratulations to Florida on the big win.

What is the key to their success? Seems to me they have several great players on the team but no superstars. The man the pros all talked about was the center for Ohio State. But the big freshman is on the team that finished second. Florida did their work with TEAM. Game after game a different player seemed to step forward for the Gators. Coach Billy Donavon molded the group into a team. Together they made history.
 
In the church we can take a lesson from the TEAM approach. We use some cute saying about team:  Together Everyone Accomplishes More. It is amazing what you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit. Those things are easy to say but difficult to live.
 
Several things are necessary to a team to function. Leaders must step forward. A common mission or goal must be a guiding light to the group. Individuals must die to their selfish agendas. Action must be taken together and at the right time.
 
If you are a Gator celebrate today. Good teams do that. Then at work, home, church or wherever you are on a team begin to work toward being a champion.

Pastor Ted Traylor

Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 at 9:21 am.
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