Staff and volunteers in the workplace have been provided with a superior facility with fantastic capabilities to accomplish their mission and purpose.  This facility and capability are not without cost.  The cost comes in the form of an organization working as a team to meet the collective objective.  No longer are we individuals acting independently with our personal desires as our guide.  We are members of a corporate, dependent on coordination with others, and sensitive to the way our efforts support the collective good.  In short we are, and we must be, a team by choice.

Recently I have heard people proudly proclaim as an excuse for their poor actions   "This is mine and I will do as I see fit",    "I did not know",   "I will ask for forgiveness later, but I have to do this now",   "I do not have time to do it right, someone else will fix it",   "I see it - I want it - I take it.",   "I have the right . . .",   "My need is more important than yours", and  "You cannot, or you are second . . ., you are not a director".  What a shame we place on our purpose.  This attitude then carries to our actions with family, friends, and community.  We are not compelled to be this way.  We have made a choice.

We can avoid a true team feeling and cover our insecurity by posing with the guise of leadership, expounding of/on our overwhelming tasks, or keeping ourselves distant by not sharing.  This makes us feel important and worthy, but leaves us empty and alone.  Giving of ourselves and what we have to others fills us and the world with a satisfaction that cannot be measured nor can it be faulted.  Where we are and how we act is our choice.

We can continue and we probably will.  The path we take comes from within each of us and is not engraved or imposed upon us.  We can look to Jesus as an example for each choice that we make.  We will sin against Him.  We will sin against each other and therefore against Him for He is within us.   But, if each choice we make is based on the good of our company and its mission, both corporate and private, then we can not be far from the desired path.  If we follow a corporate guide with a community purpose, we will replace our individual demand with cooperation.  If we set aside our thoughts of ownership, rights, and superiority, we will acknowledge that He has provided all things, that He is our leader, and we are but privileged users.  We have a choice.

We came into this world with but a name.  We will leave this world with the just same.  All that comes in between has been a gift for us to use to glorify His name and bring others to worship Him.  How we proceed to use these gifts is up to us.  We have been given an awesome choice.