Many years ago, a preacher was passing through farm country on horseback when he stopped to watch a strange old farmer plowing his field. The single mule he had hitched to his plow, had blinders on. That wasn’t a strange thing, but the strange thing was what the farmer was yelling.
He yelled, “Giddyap Pete! Giddyap Herb! Giddyap Bill! Giddyap, Jeb!”
The preacher watched this go on for a while until his curiosity got the best of him. Finally, he asked the farmer, “How many names does that old mule have?”
The farmer smiled and said, “Just one. His name is Pete.”
“Well, why do you keep calling out all those names then?” the preacher asked.
The farmer said, “It’s like this, preacher—if this ole Pete knew he was doing all this work by himself, he wouldn’t do a thing. But if he thinks he’s got three other mules working along side of him, he does it all by himself without complaining.”
I wonder if that’s how we feel, too. We feel better and have greater motivation when all of us do it “together”. No wonder we find the word “together” over 400 times in the Bible. Let’s serve the Lord TOGETHER!
Have a great weekend!