“After our plane landed on the gravel airstrip, Jay and I climbed out
and entered the world of Masai Mara in Kenya. A Masai tribesman named Sammy met
us and loaded our baggage into a Land Rover. Then we headed toward the camp
where we would spend the next 2 days.
Stopping so we could watch the zebras and wildebeests migrating from
Masai Mara to Serengeti, Sammy explained that the two massive herds travel
together because the zebras have good eyesight but a poor sense of smell, and
the wildebeests have bad eyesight but a good sense of smell. By traveling
together, both are less vulnerable to predators. This was our first lesson from
God’s revelation in creation, which Kenya has in abundance”(J.A. – american
writer).
Just as
God makes animals with different strengths and weaknesses, He makes people the
same way. God made us to be dependent not only on Him but also on one another.
The apostle Paul elaborated on this idea in his letter to the church in
Corinth. As members of the body of Christ, we all have different gifts and
abilities (1 Cor. 12:12-31).
The
church is healthy only when we work together, look out for each other, and use
our strengths to benefit one another.
We can go
a lot further together than we can alone. (RBC)
