Anyone with young kids or grandkids has heard the Wonder Pets theme song enough times for it to echo in your brain even when the show isn’t on. Linny, Tuck, and Ming Ming do a great job searching out animals in trouble. Jesus also believed in teamwork. He sent out the seventy disciples two by two.
Luke 10:1, After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
They were equipped with healing power and sent out to sell others on the idea of joining up with the Kingdom of God. There was a fair share of rejection in their jobs. When two go out together they can keep each other encouraged. There is safety in teamwork. During times of temptation they had accountability. I was thinking about how much we don’t use teamwork and send people off to do a ministry in the church alone. Two have a better chance of relating to more types of personalities and cultures. And, think of the great relationships that would come out of working with a different ministry partner on multiple projects.
Would the local church be more efficient if we did church ministry two by two? Would foreign missionaries be more effective if we teamed two families to pioneer a new work ? Evangelism can be scary, but less so if we sent people in twos. I believe Jesus knew what He was doing . We would see an increase in spiritual fruit if we followed His example. If a Guinea Pig, a baby duck, and a turtle can do it, we can too. Teamwork works. There’s someone in trouble somewhere waiting on our rescue team to show up.
Encouragement 