There’s an old saying that we’ve all heard – physician heal thyself. I think for me as a pastor, it could be translated – preacher hear thy sermon!

I spent the last week in worship at Asbury talking about spiritual gifts and how none are greater than the others. All of our gifts are from God, all of our gifts are at work for the same purpose of strengthening the Body of Christ and helping that Body to represent Christ to the entire world. To love, to care, to serve, to pray for, to cry with, to, in short, be the body.

Each gift matters. Each gift is important. Each gift strengthens the whole of the church.

You have a gift. You are called. You need to be living out God’s calling on your life.

So, during BaseCamp I am part of what used to be called “Support,” which is now Critical Needs. Which, I keep calling Critical Access. And I forget what it’s called and call it support.

We make lunch for the other teams. We go get things. We fix things. We run water to people. We are busy, busy bees.

But we are behind the scenes. We aren’t that visible. Other teams are tearing down things. Or are working with kids. Or are witnessing to others about Jesus.

We went to Sam’s and bought lunch meat.

So, here’s what I’m doing. I’m listening to my sermon. We are also part of the body. Without this team, BaseCamp wouldn’t work. Without this team, people wouldn’t have lunch to eat or water to drink. Without this team, our Body would not be able to function.

Even through no one sees it.

Today, I’m going to be faithful to my task, and do what I can do to strengthen the body.

How about you? Today, serve where you are. Even if it’s not in the forefront. Even if it is in the background. Even if no one but God notices.

Because God notices. And He is proud of all service done in His name.

Today, no matter where you are, be faithful.