6/25/14
This past Sunday I was
ever so blessed to watch the body of Christ ministering at different levels. I
watched the leaders for the Children's ministry preparing and praying for the
morning. In the foyer I saw a woman encouraging another that was going through
a rough time. I also saw one of our ministers blessing one of our lay people
that was getting ready to go on a mission trip very shortly. I saw lots of
fellowshipping, blessing and hugging before the actual service. And the list
went on and on. It totally warmed my heart to see the body of Christ doing what
the body of Christ is supposed to do.
God's word tells us in
I Corinthians 12:12
"Just as a body though one,
has many parts but
all its many parts form one body,
so it is with Christ."
We know that
Christ is the head of the body and we as the body are each used in
different ways as the Lord so sees fit. Each part is so significantly
important and operates in his or hers gifting.
That is how I saw it
this past Sunday. The body was ministering in different capacities in such a
beautiful way. Everyone was doing their part and God's life was flowing out of
each one.
We as the body truly
need each other. No one can do it alone. The body of Christ has different
strengths and each is needed to fulfill God's ministry here on earth.
I feel amazingly blessed
to be a part of God's family and to be surrounded by all my brothers and
sisters as well as we serve the Lord wholeheartedly until he takes us home to
be with Him eternally!
In His Great Love,
Sandy Billingham
Sandy gave a good description of how people at her church were acting like the Body of Christ should...reaching out to each other. The opposite of this is the subject of a Casting Crowns song, "If we are the body." They ask, "if we are the body why aren't our hands moving." He uses us to reach out to the rest of His church body.
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