Chapter 9
All Together
God did not destine us to be Lone
Rangers. He destined us to become a part of a much bigger whole … to work
together for the good of all. We have to become others minded, not us minded.
When we do, then we will all come to maturity and His body will be built up
into the beautiful temple that He desires.
Body:
Members of Christ’s body:
15 Do
you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the
members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
27 Now
you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.
We are members of Christ’s body. We
can’t go it alone … we need other Christians to take up our slack. They also
need us. We can’t look down on someone who doesn’t seem to be contributing
anything to the body. We don’t know how they are being used by God; only He
does. They also can’t look down on us. “But I’m not doing anything”, you may
say. Maybe you are, but to you it seems like nothing. Or perhaps God is still training
you for something in the future. Be open for however God directs you to become
what the rest of the body needs.
If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what
He would say:
"You
are part of My Son’s body. You are special to me. You are all needed to make
His body complete. There is no one who is not needed. Everyone has his own
special contribution to make. Everyone is important. My people need to take
their rightful place in the world. I have a job for each one of you to do. You
are to help make My body complete.”
99. I am a member of
Christ’s body. That means that I need the other members of His body and they
need me to be complete. I am needed no matter what anyone else says or thinks.
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