Critical Success Factors

Meditations in First Corinthians

June 9, 2022

Critical Success Factors 

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, 

all the parts are glad.

1 Corinthians 12:26

Read: 1 Corinthians 12:21-26

In explaining how all the spiritual gifts are interrelated and needed to make the Body of Christ whole, Paul again turns to the human body as a metaphor for spiritual gifts. Have you experienced that delightful state where something has raised your spirits, and then a favorite song comes on the radio or stereo? You feel like dancing, rejoicing. Your entire body is joining in your raised spirit. Or the opposite when you are experiencing physical pain. The pain may be in one place in your body, but all of you, your mind, will, emotions and physical body are affected by the pain. So it is within a healthy church, the Body of Christ.

Gary was a grocer in his community and active in his church. He sang in the choir, served on committees, and took responsibility for unlocking the church on Sundays. Included in this responsibility was unlocking the cabinet for the sound system and turning it on. One time, Gary decided to take a few days off and he and his wife went to the beach for the weekend. He didn’t tell anyone he wouldn’t be in church that weekend. No problem. Other people had keys and unlocked the church. But no one had a key to the sound system cabinet, and even if one was found, no other person knew how the sound system was operated.

My Takeaway: Critical Success Factors are those factors that determine the success of every mission or program. Identifying what factors, both human and mechanical, are critical to success and properly planning for their success is essential. Especially important is identifying those factors that may seem unimportant.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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