As a child I loved watching the old reruns of the Lone Ranger.  He would always come through and save the day on his horse named Silver.  His sidekick Tonto would assist whenever needed, but for the most part, the Lone Ranger liked working all by himself, thus the name.  Such a premise makes for a classic television show, but it doesn’t work very well in real life, especially the Christian life.

     In the twelfth chapter of 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul likened the church to a physical body.  We are joined together through a variety of parts and functions.  As Paul contends, “For the body is not one member, but many.”  Therefore, our strength and ability is maximized only when we work and operate together in unity and harmony.  When there is no unity and harmony in the body, those individual parts cannot operate in their greatest potential.  God never intended the “body” of Christ to just be one single, solitary part –we are a whole.

     The enemy tries his best to isolate and alienate us from other believers, knowing that we lose strength in prolonged solitude.  Corrie Ten Boom said, “When a believer shuns fellowship with other Christians the devil smiles.”  More than likely you do not have a horse named Silver or a sidekick named Tonto.  Stop trying to be the Lone Ranger; you are not the only cowboy.