From him [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Ephesians 4:16)
Think about the way your body works. Your brain works everything, your heart pumps the blood, your lungs distribute oxygen to your body. How does it all work? I've taken enough biology, and anatomy and physiology, to have the science of it down. You can look at chemical reactions, chain reactions from neurons, and the like to answer that question. Why though?
Think about what God did in making us the way we are. We can think so clearly and are so expressive, we are such rational people. Rational may not always be the best thing, but it does allow us to really think of the value of the gift that He has given us. He loves us so much that He made it possible for us to think, talk, and share, that he allowed us to have a wonderful way to share. We can think, bring His ideas together and be able to talk about all that He has to teach.
You can also think about this in the bigger sense of the church body. The congregation of a church have a responsibility to teach, bring people in, share His ideas. We have the commitment to teach and learn together as adults, as well as a great responsibility to bring children up in a loving church body and family. We also have a responsibility to bring people in to this church body, so that they are able to learn the truth, learn about the word. What's the thought about that?
Showing posts with label body of Christ. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Your Body
From him [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Ephesians 4:16)
Think about the miracle of the way your body works. The way your heart pumps blood through the body, how your brain fires and functions billions of neurons, the way your lungs provide oxygen. How does it all work? I studied enough biology, and anatomy and physiology to go in to the reasons. I can tell you about the chemical reactions, all the chain reactions, all the results that tie in to each other. That's the part that's easy to explain and work out. OK, not maybe easy, but it's the part that can be explained.
Why does it work though? It works because God wants it to. He created our bodies because He wants us to be able to go out and spread the word that is so important, the word about His life and love. It's amazing how he can take the time to do all this for us and we have nothing to offer but our promise that we'll keep working and trying to let others know about Him. We can't offer anything else to Him and yet He took all this time on us.
When you take the concept of a body and look at the bigger picture of the body of the church, it also helps put things in perspective for us. No matter what church you belong to, your church body has the mission to share itself with the outside world and bring people in the word of Christ. Our church body, our church's ministry, is to learn, to share, to teach, not only for our own selves, but to bring the whole world in to the light. It's an amazing experience to watch a person begin to know God's word and all that comes with it. I am still a learner, and I guess that experience still applies to me. I always am amazed how it feels to learn and experience something new, to feel the love poor through you and really make you understand what He has done for us. :)
Think about the miracle of the way your body works. The way your heart pumps blood through the body, how your brain fires and functions billions of neurons, the way your lungs provide oxygen. How does it all work? I studied enough biology, and anatomy and physiology to go in to the reasons. I can tell you about the chemical reactions, all the chain reactions, all the results that tie in to each other. That's the part that's easy to explain and work out. OK, not maybe easy, but it's the part that can be explained.
Why does it work though? It works because God wants it to. He created our bodies because He wants us to be able to go out and spread the word that is so important, the word about His life and love. It's amazing how he can take the time to do all this for us and we have nothing to offer but our promise that we'll keep working and trying to let others know about Him. We can't offer anything else to Him and yet He took all this time on us.
When you take the concept of a body and look at the bigger picture of the body of the church, it also helps put things in perspective for us. No matter what church you belong to, your church body has the mission to share itself with the outside world and bring people in the word of Christ. Our church body, our church's ministry, is to learn, to share, to teach, not only for our own selves, but to bring the whole world in to the light. It's an amazing experience to watch a person begin to know God's word and all that comes with it. I am still a learner, and I guess that experience still applies to me. I always am amazed how it feels to learn and experience something new, to feel the love poor through you and really make you understand what He has done for us. :)
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