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Romans 12:4-5 (TLB) Just as there are many parts to our bodies, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of it, and it takes every one of us to make it complete, for we each have different work to do. So we belong to each other, and each needs all the others.
When Jesus spoke of the “body of Christ” in the Bible, He was referring to all of us. We are all parts of it, and it takes every one of us to make it complete. All of us have different gifts and talents as you discovered when you did your gift inventory. It takes all of us to do the work that Jesus spoke of. We all belong to each other and we all need each other. Someone once compared this verse to a jig saw puzzle. When you put it together and one piece is missing, what are you going to notice? The one missing piece. That’s the way it is in the body of Christ. Everyone is needed! The thumb is a very small part of our body, but have you ever hurt your thumb? It may be a very small part but it does play a very prominent role. It becomes hard to grasp things, to hold things and to even comb your hair. It may be a very tiny part of our body but you sure do notice it when you can’t use it! Never confuse prominence with significance. Something can be prominent but not really significant. I can always live without a thumb, but inside of me there are things no one ever sees like my liver, my heart, and my lungs. They are not prominent, but if I lost them I would die. You may not feel prominent in the body of Christ, but you are very significant! There are many parts to this body of Christ, known as the church. Each part is very significant! Each part is needed! We all have important work to do. We may never know in this life time just how important a role you and I might have played in someone’s life. A Sunday school teacher may never know just how important her role was until that troubled kid that was such a nuisance in class becomes a pastor or missionary. A worker in the coffee shop might never know how much that friendly hello or extra touch meant to that person who just finished a very trying week. The friendly greeter at the door may never know how much that moment meant when they were the only Jesus that stranger saw all week! That delivery person might never know just how much that visit or meal meant to that lonely shut-in that has no family or contacts outside of their four little walls. We all play a very significant role in the body of Christ! Ray Boltz has a song that says it all! I dreamed I went to heaven And you were there with me We walked upon the streets of gold Beside the crystal sea We heard the angels singing Then someone called your name You turned and saw this young man And he was smiling as he came And he said, "Friend You may not know me now" And then he said, "But wait You used to teach my Sunday School When I was only eight" "And every week you would say a prayer Before the class would start And one day when you said that prayer I asked Jesus in my heart" Thank you for giving to the Lord I am a life that was changed Thank you for giving to the Lord I am so glad you gave Then another man stood before you And said remember the time A missionary came to your church And his pictures made you cry You didn't have much money But you gave it anyway Jesus took the gift you gave And that's why I am here today Thank you for giving to the Lord I am a life that was changed Thank you for giving to the Lord I am so glad you gave One by one they came Far as the eye could see Each life somehow touched By your generosity Little things that you had done Sacrifices made Unnoticed on the earth In heaven now proclaimed And I know up in heaven You're not supposed to cry But I am almost sure There were tears in your eyes As Jesus took your hand And you stood before the Lord He said, "My child look around you Great is your reward" Thank you for giving to the Lord I am a life that was changed Thank you for giving to the Lord I am so glad you gave I am so glad you gave Won’t you give your talents and gifts to the Lord to be used of Him today? You never know just how much you are needed to make the body complete! Blessings, Pastor Fran
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Billie mckinley
10/12/2021 01:56:42 pm
Beautiful
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