Working Together

1Corinthians 12: 12-14,18

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many…God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.

Good morning Zebras,

Lately I have been struck with the interdependence we have as believers. Just as sin entered the world through one man, havoc and discord can enter the body of believers the same way. One person, who does not watch their “life and doctrine” closely, including their tongue, can cause a lot of problems.

On the other hand salvation also came to the world through one man and one man or woman totally committed to God can bring a the presence of God into any situation

All of us understand the allegory of the body that all parts need to work for us to be healthy and happy. We can function without one eye or one hand or one foot, but we cannot function as well. And we cannot function at all if the heart decides not to work.

And we all have been in work situations where one person, or two or even three do not “pull their weight.” For whatever reason they just don’t do what they are supposed to do and everyone suffers.
So it is with the body of Christ.

If you do not make to time in your busy schedule to sit at the feet of Jesus everyone around you suffers.

Too often we think of the work we need to do for the body is the tasks we need to accomplish, the bulletins we have to fold or the classes we have to teach, but the real work begins before that. It begins with your relationship with Christ and with prayer.

I am a better person after I spend time with Jesus. And so are you. And we are both more in tune with what God is asking us to do.

Love,
Jill