In his book, Becoming a Person of Influence, John Maxwell tells the story about a famous 19th century organist who traveled from town to town giving concerts.
In each town he hired a boy to pump the organ during the concert. After one performance, the hired boy said to the organist, "We sure had a great concert tonight, didn't we?"
"What do you mean -- 'we'?" the organist said. "I had a great concert. Now run on home."
The next night when the organist was halfway through a magnificent piece, the organ suddenly quit. The organist continued to pound the keys, but no sound came out.
The audience became restless. At this point, the little boy stuck his head around the corner of the organ and said, "We're not having a great concert tonight, are we?"
The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. (1 Corinthians 3:8)
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Team work is important, but one thing to keep in mind is no matter who has what task, it does not matter, because it is God who makes it happen. Read 1Corinthians 3 5-15 It says
5What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
The point to these verses, is, each one of us has a place that God has given us, but we would be foolish to think that our work is what is the end result. God is the one who makes it happen, not our work.
We must also ensure our humility, because if we allow ourselves to be fooled to think we are the cause of God's action, then we are foolish.
Also we must keep in mind that yes we each have a place in God's plan and we must ensure we fulfill God's plan for our life, and each of us who has a job is a cog in a wheel, we are not judged as a wheel, we are judged as a cog.
So don't worry about another person doing what God asked them to do, worry about what he asked you to do. And then do what he asked.
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