The Body of Christ

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is Christ. From Him 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 4:15-16

     The church, in the Bible, is called “the body of Christ.” The goal of the body is to work together under the headship of Jesus, in love. I long for that, to work together in unity, each of us doing our part and to build each other up, each of us an irreplaceable supporting ligament.

     We are fallen humans and there is no perfect church, but I have seen that kind of love in action. Have you? Have you witnessed people working together to achieve a common goal for Jesus? Have you seen someone sacrifice something for someone else? Have you watched as someone gave up something special to improve someone else’s life? Blessing others blesses us. What would happen if we became the encouragers? How would others react if we try to see the best in our fellow believers? We all need the encouragement. We all fall short.

…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

     We will talk about some of those ligaments mentioned in the Scripture above this week. We are the body of Christ.

Dear Father,

We don’t understand it, but we want to learn to work together for Your purposes. We want to do our part, as flawed as we are, supporting each other in love.

In Jesus name,

Amen