1Co 12:14 For the body does not consist of one member
but of many.
1Co 12:15 If the foot should say, "Because I am
not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less
a part of the body.
A body cannot function without many members. If the
body was just hands, or just feet it wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything.
There are many different parts to the body and when they are all working
together and in obedience to the head they can accomplish a lot. We as the church
are the body. Just like in the human body the church has many different parts
and we have Christ as the head. We should all be obedient to Christ. Not
everyone has the same skills or gifts. So we are all going to able to
accomplish different things. Just because not everyone is going to be preaching
doesn’t make it any less important. The hands are just as important as the
mouth and the feet are just important as the hands. Every part of the body is important.
Belittling yourself as useful in the body doesn’t change that you are a part of
the body. If a foot says that they don’t belong to the body, it doesn’t change
the fact that they are still connected to the body. So feet should do what they
can do. Every part of the body has a purpose so just like the body, in the
church every person should do what they can do, because every person is useful
for the body when they are all obedient to the head and working together. If
there are two feet, but they are trying to walk different directions the entire
body will suffer and not be able to go anywhere. So the body of Christ should
be obedient to Him as the head and be united together.
Application
Today I will pray that the Lord would strengthen the
entire church and that He would continue to use it and expand it. I will also
pray that God would continue to show me where in the body I should be.
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