12/25/10

Just a thought.

"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 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. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
 15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts."

I find this scripture very encouraging today, We are all here for a purpose, for a reason. God is the master of creative design. He has made everyone different and unique. We all have different gifts, talents and personalities. Who is to say God uses one more than another? We need to stop all trying to be the same because He made us the way we are for a reason, It's not simply coincidence. God doesn't do coincidence. You are not a mistake. You are made for a purpose.

Food for thought; A friend once said to me, that if you are still living here on earth there is a reason. If God was done with you, If you had finished all that you were meant to finish, If you had lived out his purpose for your life in full of his will... You wouldn't be still living. If you are still alive, there is a reason you are still alive. Our god is not void of purpose, He is not random, He is a purpose-filled-powerful God who made you exactly how he wanted you - Fearfully and wonderfully made. Start living like it.

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