All Are Necessary Parts of One Body

Readings:
Job 21
I Corinthians 12:14-31

Focus:
I Corinthians 12:21: "The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I do not need you,' or the head to the feet, 'I do not need you'."

Although there is no distinction to God, among those who have turned to him, between male and female, between people of different races, between people from different countries, or between people of different economic conditions, etc., yet we are not all the same. God has made us different,and he has given us different gifts to serve him with.

Some of our gifts may seem more important than others. We may feel that if we have a gift of service, and we work in a kitchen serving others, that our gift isn't as important as the gift of leadership. But if we feel that way, we are wrong.

As it says in verse 27, we are Christ's body, and just as in a real body, there are many different parts. Each part is important and necessary, even if it seems on its own to be trivial. Together we form a whole, and without any one of us, the whole is diminished. All of us who have given our lives to Christ are a necessary part of Christ's body.