There is a game show where a team of contestants are asked a series of questions. At various stages of the game, they vote off the member who is hurting the team, the one who is “The Weakest Link.”
The church, as “the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love” (Eph. 4:16). Each member of the “team” in our churches supplies some talent, some service, to hold together the congregation and help it grow. What if your eldership were to look at the congregation to see who was failing to provide anything helpful to the growth of the church. Would your name be a part of their conversation?
According to the Lord’s parable of the Talents (Mat. 25), God gives each of us the ability to serve Him. Your talent, when put together with what others provide, makes the church strong. An old saying states, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” As such we might say that a church is only as strong as its weakest members. In your congregation don’t be the weakest link!
. -Dennis Doughty
