Daily Thought for Monday, March 21st

March 21, 2011

The Body, Part One (Anatomy)

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost

which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1 Corinthians 6:19

Today’s Thought:

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”– The Bible (Psalms 139:14)

Today’s Question

Did you know, “This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time” –  Seneca: and “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy?” – Friedrich Neitzsche

Today’s Spiritual Thought:

“All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.”

– Josephus

Anatomy is the study of how plants, animals and people are made.  It is the in-depth analysis of how we are put together: while Biology is the study of how all those part work in tandem together.

If you have ever studied either biology or anatomy, you must be amazed at how miraculous a human body is.  I am in awe of the God who made such a creation that is so complex and yet works so well when properly cared for and maintained.  (In fact, I’m even more amazed at how well it works when it doesn’t get the best of care.)

God created a unit that is self-contained, that can reproduce itself, regenerate itself and with appropriate food and water and proper hygiene and exercise it is extremely durable and for the most part, efficient.

So then, is it any wonder that God uses the concept of the body to embody His plan for His church?

It takes thousand of body parts both internal and external to get us through each day.  Likewise with the church it takes thousands of parts to accomplish the work of the whole.

Just as we are a miracle in craftsmanship; so is the body of Christ, the Church.

The church is made up of many parts.  You and I, if we are blood bought and redeemed have become parts of that body.

The question is are we functioning to our optimum capacity or are we hindering productivity?

Are we getting adequate and appropriate spiritual nutrition and are we keeping ourselves hygienically clean, and physically fit spiritually speaking?

Our bodies require care and maintenance in order to perform at optimal levels, so does the body of Christ.

And there is no part of the body, especially the body of Christ that is perishable or expendable.  We are all needed to do our part to ensure that the full work of the gospel is carried out and the total work of the church gets done.

So what part are you and are you doing your part to keep all the parts at a peak performance status?

Today’s Verses:

For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.  And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:  That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

1 Corinthians 12:14-27

Today’s Prayer:

Father, regardless of what part I might be in your body, may I be the best and most effective at being what you need me to be,

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