What’s Your FUNCTION?

1 Corinthians 12:12-14

12  For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

14  For the body is not one member, but many.

There is unity in Christ Jesus.  In Him we are all one body.  How many functioning parts are there in the human body?  How diverse are all those parts? 

It is no wonder that Paul compared Christians to a human body.  Each Christian is totally different from the other one.  No two people do things the exact same way and being a part of the body of Christ we all have our distinct function. 

When we are saved we do not lose our identity as individuals. We bring our perspectives, ideas, goals and dreams to Jesus Christ and work together for the advancement of His Kingdom.

While we are all one body we must take caution that we don’t develop an inferiority complex. 

For example let’s compare hands and feet.  What are some things the hands can do?  What are some things the feet can do?  Since the foot can’t be the hand then he just needs to take a walk. 

NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH

The hand can’t get to the fringe to fix a sandwich unless the foot takes him.  We all work together to accomplish a common goal and that goal is to bring God all the Glory.

We also don’t want to develop a superiority complex.

Let’s look at the Eye.  He’s a big shot. He can see everything, He might say, “if it wasn’t for me the rest of these guys would be walking around in the dark. I bet they don’t even realize how much I do for this outfit. I am the most important part of this organization. Look at that hand down there, he likes to grab everything he can, if it wasn’t for me he’d just be grabbing the wind”.

Now, think about all the things that needs taken care in God’s Kingdom.  There is certainly no one who is above anyone else.

Yes, we are all different and we all have unique talents and abilities that need to be a part of your church and its ministries.  Yes, we are all called to be a witness to a lost and dying world and we must always tell others about Jesus.

However, God made each one of us with our own special skills and talents.  Churches need people willing to function within its ministries.  If you are not involved in your church what is being missed out on that should be taking place. 

With God all things are possible.  God gave you talents and skills to bring Him Glory.  There is a church ministry waiting for you to use your gifts.  

If you are not actively involved in some type of ministry, get involved and help edify the body.