“For in fact the body is not one
member but many. If the foot should say, “because I am not a hand I am not of
the body,” it is therefore not of the body” 1 Corinthians 12:14-15
Lately the Lord has been teaching
me that He is sovereign over literally ALL. And trying to comprehend the
reality of that has been blowing my mind. He has given me the life I have for
His purposes and every situation I am ever in, He has ordained and He is using
to prepare me for that which is next. My story is different from everyone
else’s because He is wants to use me for specific things. He has put certain
people, things, and obstacles in my path that way one day I may use it to bring
Him glory. This past week, my team and I went to Xela, Guatemala and partnered
with the church there. Some of my teammates were able to speak into people’s
lives and minister to others in ways that I wouldn’t have been able to because
their story is different than mine. He has written us all different testimonies
in order to accomplish His perfect will through His broken but willing church.
He has given me this body- this
family of Christ. And although every member of the body is not the same, all
are important and useful. This past week I didn’t have some of the radical
conversations with people like some of my friends did, however what I did was
still important and the Lord will still use it. We all may be different parts
and have different functions, yet our goal is the same- bring glory to Jesus’s
name. And when we stand together as one solid and unified body of the Creator,
nothing can stop us. Some days I may not get to be an arm in the body of Christ,
but rather a toe and although that may seem small, it’s extremely hard to stand
if you are missing a toe! It sounds silly but it’s so true. And if I can be a
toe for the sake of Christ’s Kingdom then I am going to be the best dang toe
the world has ever seen!
One body. One family. One blood.
One purpose. One love. One God.
Application: I am going to tell
my teammate about this and how the Lord used her to speak to me and thus keep
us unified and reminded of how the Lord can use us.
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