Have you ever thought about how your feet know how to take steps or how a baby knows how to reach for something? How about how your mind will think of an answer and your mouth will deliver the words? How about how your hand knows just where your mouth is when you want to take a bite of pizza?
Your body is perfectly formed to work in sync. Your hands know their job; your feet theirs; your eyes theirs...and so it goes down to your toes. Your eyes do not suddenly decide they should be used for walking and that your stomach should be used for seeing...nor could they. Each part was created for it's own unique purpose.
As Christians, we are collectively referred to as "The Body of Christ", and just like a human body, we each have a distinct purpose for which we were individually created. I can't do what you can do, because I was created to fulfil my purpose - just as you were created to fulfil yours.
Think what the world would be like if we tried to follow each others paths and not our own...the Body of Christ would start to look like Mr. Potato Head on a bad day...
...split down the middle without any true direction.
Trust God to show you how you fit into the Body of Christ - and then put all of your efforts towards fulfilling your call. Just like all of the pieces of your body are important to you each day, every member of the Body of Christ is important. You are important. Trust who you are called to be and don't try to fill someone else's role. We can't have the Body of Christ turning into Mr. Potato Head.
Scripture
Quote of the Day
“Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social neglect and through fear of being nonconformists.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Question of the Day
If you had to put together Mr. Potato Head - what would he look like?
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