Do Not Neglect the Body of Christ

It is all about the Body of Christ

I have been reflecting on the body of Christ, His church today. Apostle Paul put great importance on the body of Christ.

Romans 12:4-5 - "For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."

I see that many people in the church have gone to individualism. It is all about them and their relationship with Christ with little or no connection with the body of believers, and often no genuine commitment to the whole body, Christ's church.

I love how Paul says it here, "each member belongs to all the others." I am not my own master".
It is not me and Christ. It is us and Christ. Yes, I am part of the us, but it is not about me. It is about Christ's body (church) and Christ's purposes for His church in the world. Yes, I am a member of the body, and I should care for the health of me the member. Yet, the member must be connected, and the purpose of being healthy spiritually is to be a strength to the rest of the body to fulfill the purposes of Christ who is the head.

The apostle Paul believed so much in the body of Christ (the church), that he made great personal sacrifices for the benefit of the whole.

Colossians 1:24 - "Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church."

What sacrifices are you making for the betterment (well being) of the body of Christ?
Are you coming together on a regular basis with other believers to strengthen one another and work together for the furthering of God's purposes?

Hebrews 10:24-25 - "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

We need each other more today than ever. We need every member of Christ's body, His church. I need you and you need me. I need you to speak into my life as the Holy Spirit leads you and visa-versa. We draw strength from each other.

 

Finally, body life is more then coming together for church. It is not a 1 or 2 day activity. It is being daily in connection with others in the body, and functioning as Christ's body through the week. As so often said, we are the arms, hands, feet, and mouth of Jesus. We are to be serving the body of Christ through out the week, and show the world Christ who is in us.