Emphasis Preaching Journal

When we board an airplane we think of that airplane as a single item; it is something that will carry us to our destination. We do not think of that airplane as having many component parts. But an airplane is a very complicated machine, having countless parts, all of which must not only function, but also work in full cooperation with the other parts to make the airplane the convenience that it is. There are wings to make the plane soar. Either propellers or jet streams of air move the plane forward. There is an engine to furnish the necessary power. There are wheels for landing and takeoff. The plane needs a compass to guide the navigator and a radio to keep the pilot in touch with airports. Furthermore, each of these items has its own multiple parts. Wheels have tires and the valves for inflating them. Radios are a wide mixture of component parts. Each one of these elements has its special part to play; when it fails, a crisis develops.
No one part can take credit for the ability of the plane to fly. The wing cannot furnish power. The radio cannot do the work of the wheels. All parts have to function in perfect harmony with all the rest if the flight is to be made possible.
The human race consists of many kinds of people, each of us with some sort of talent or useful purpose in life. Each talent is good in itself, but does not accomplish anything really worthwhile until it is applied to a cooperative effort with others. It is when each individual properly contributes his personal talent to work in harmony with others that church and society benefit. -- Lentz