Monday, November 12, 2012

Body Language

Scripture Verse that Caught My Attention today: 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Observation: The “You” is plural.

Application: We all like to think we’re special in various ways, but we also have much in common—much more than we often care to admit. In our little part of the world we say that we are part of the “United States of America.” Among other things, this means that even though various states will have their differences now and then, all of our states are still united under a larger umbrella.

Long before there was such a thing as America, there was the Apostle Paul who worked with a more readily-available image at the time—that of a body and its parts. His point was pretty simple—together we are the body of Christ. Sure, we have our individual roles, but all under the larger umbrella of being Christ’s body alive in this world. And because we are one body, when one of us suffers, it causes pain for the rest as well. To think otherwise is to forget that we are part of the body at all.

Prayer:
Lord, help us all to remember that non of us is an island unto him or herself. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

(Readings today included: Job 37-38 and 1 Corinthians 12)

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