Day 11 - One Body, Many Parts

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NLT)

All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

Picture Jesus, walking into a beautiful, large, spacious home that could fit all of us in it (think ‘mansion,’ and then bigger). As He enters, He’s peering around every corner, into every room, checking everyone is there. Not a single son or daughter absent.

Jesus gave His life for the body of Christ. Every member carries deep value to the Father. It’s His house after all; His family that He personally chose and loves.

When you belong to the body of Christ, you belong to the family of God. We have become members of the household of God, Jesus Himself is the cornerstone. He holds the whole structure together and grows us, His people, into a holy temple (Ephesians 2:19-21).

A Dwelling Place

God is transforming us into the Holy of Holies, His dwelling place (Ephesians 2:2 TPT). He handpicked us, flawed and human, to be His very own body, “...in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence” (Ephesians 1:23 MSG). What a beautiful privilege, to be His dwelling place so that He would fill everything with His presence, not just stay at home in you and never go out the front door! He longs to speak and act through His body - us!

The Building Process

Many people belong to the household of God. He gave each of us grace according to the gifts Christ specifically gave us, not one member forgotten or left out.(Ephesians 4:7 ESV). We will keep building up the body of Christ if we use our gifts, “until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God” (Ephesians 4:13 TPT). That is worth investing our entire lives into!

“Each of you is a part of it”

Just like the human body has many parts, each with a unique function, so it is in the body of Christ (Romans 12:4 TPT). When each part is working properly, the body grows, building itself up in love (Ephesians 4:16 ESV). Since this is Christ’s body of chosen people, “God has put each part just where he wants it” (1 Corinthians 12:18 NLT).

It is a pure privilege to be His chosen people. Let this be a compelling invitation to “go ahead and be what we were made to be” (Romans 12:6). Let’s passionately and actively be the body of Christ, whatever part we play.

“Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around.” (Romans 12:4 MSG)