"But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased."
1 Corinthians 12:18 (NKJV)
When there is a production of something like a play, there are different characters in the play, there are people working behind the scenes, and there can even be some musicians involved. When the play is ready to be performed and about to start, the director will say something like "places everyone," to let people know it is time to be in their assigned place. If someone is out of place, it can affect the entire production and cause problems. For everything to go smoothly, everyone involved needs to be in their place doing their assigned task.
As soon as someone receives Jesus as their Savior and Lord, that person becomes a part of the Family of God, they become a part of the Body of Christ. There is a place and purpose in the Body of Christ for every believer. In 1 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul compared the Body of Christ to our natural body. Just as there are no extra or unnecessary parts in the human body, there are no extra or unnecessary parts in the Body of Christ. We may look at ourselves that way sometimes, but God has a part for every believer in the Body of Christ.
As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:18, God has set each of us in the Body of Christ as He pleased. It is not up to us to pick our place in the Body of Christ, but it is our responsibility to learn through God's Word and with the help of the Holy Spirit what our place is, and how to best function as the part of the Body of Christ that we are. If we are not in our place doing the work that God has planned for us to do, something will be missing and there will be problems. Today, God is saying "places everyone," to all of us in the Body of Christ, because there is a world to reach, and a harvest to reap, and we need to do our part.
1 Corinthians 12:18 (NKJV)
When there is a production of something like a play, there are different characters in the play, there are people working behind the scenes, and there can even be some musicians involved. When the play is ready to be performed and about to start, the director will say something like "places everyone," to let people know it is time to be in their assigned place. If someone is out of place, it can affect the entire production and cause problems. For everything to go smoothly, everyone involved needs to be in their place doing their assigned task.
As soon as someone receives Jesus as their Savior and Lord, that person becomes a part of the Family of God, they become a part of the Body of Christ. There is a place and purpose in the Body of Christ for every believer. In 1 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul compared the Body of Christ to our natural body. Just as there are no extra or unnecessary parts in the human body, there are no extra or unnecessary parts in the Body of Christ. We may look at ourselves that way sometimes, but God has a part for every believer in the Body of Christ.
As Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:18, God has set each of us in the Body of Christ as He pleased. It is not up to us to pick our place in the Body of Christ, but it is our responsibility to learn through God's Word and with the help of the Holy Spirit what our place is, and how to best function as the part of the Body of Christ that we are. If we are not in our place doing the work that God has planned for us to do, something will be missing and there will be problems. Today, God is saying "places everyone," to all of us in the Body of Christ, because there is a world to reach, and a harvest to reap, and we need to do our part.
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