Daily Thought for Wednesday, March 23rd

March 23, 2011

The Body, Part Three (Functions)

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:

“It is not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies;”– Thomas Paine

Today’s Question

Were you aware of this fact: “We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself?”  -  George Bernard Shaw

Today’s Spiritual Thought:

“Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.  This is the interrelated structure of reality.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr

We have covered the what and the why in parts one and two of this series, so now it is time to move on to the how, when and where.

The when and where is easy.  When is now: “    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)” – The Bible (2 Corinthians 6:2)  Where is also easy: “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” – The Bible (Luke 14:23)  There is no time like the present and no place like right here where we are, so now that brings us to the how.

The body of Christ is to work in this present age, in “…Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” – The Bible (Acts 1:8(b))

We must be in one accord, with one mind and one heart.

But in order to function as our part of the body we must identify which part we are and how that part can optimize His purpose so that we can be the most effective for Him.

In the next few days we are gong to examine different parts of the body to see what their function might be.

I am of the persuasion that some of us while being strongest as one part, muscle ligament or cell, might be able to affect and facilitate effectiveness in many different ways.

We all must have the heart of God and a heart for God.

We all must breathe the air of God’s presence.

We all must drink of His living waters and taste and see that the Lord is good.

We all must touch and go to do whatever it is that we are intended to do.

So maybe you’re a part but as a part you are also the whole; in that everything you do affects every other part of the overall body.

 We may be many and many may be multifaceted; but ultimately there is only one Head, one Brain and one purpose and that is God.

It must be for Him, about Him and because of Him or it is a waste of time.

Today’s Verses:

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men

                        Colossians 3:23

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God..

Romans 12:1-2

Today’s Prayer:

Father, help me to bloom where I am planted, grow wherever you put me and accomplish whatever you need for me to do.

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