(Ephesians 6:17) “And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:”
How I have grown to love the word of God, in fact I m so taken by it that I can honestly saythat my role in the universal body is to point people to this God saturated all inspiring beautiful life giving Word, which is Jesus Christ. Paul teaches us that there are many different local bodies (churches) and that each church is made up of many members, we need every part of our bodies even if some think they do not belong. “For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:” So our finger are attached to our hands which are connected to our wrists and so on. Without our arms we would be without fingers. Without our legs we would have no feet. Without our hearts pumping blood to all our vital organs and limbs we would die. Kidneys are vital organs; they filter all impurities and keep out the garbage. They are needed even if we cannot visibly see them. Think of how much attention woman give to those parts of the body that are visible. Most women give their faces lots of consideration, unless of course it is veiled. How many women have you ever personally seen that does not put on make-up before she goes to work? Attention and care is given to their faces. Most of us liked to be groomed and therefore we all in one form or another pay attention and even spend money on what we think will help. I have a friend that spent a fortune on trying to stop his hair from falling out. It was important to him and so he was willing to pay money for a treatment that would keep his hair. Women pay a fortune on cosmetics hoping that they will age better when using them. However not many will spend the same amount of time and effort on the kidneys, yet without them we would die. They are needed and they will do what God designed them to do whether we like it or not. They do not need permission from our brains telling them to operate; they just function as God intended them to task. The body of Christ must and will eventually learn this lesson if we are to give God full glory and honour remembering that our Saviour the Lord Jesus is the head. “So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally member’s one of another.” WE NEED EACH OTHER, that is God’s design and the sooner we learn this the more fruitful we will be as Christians. Even those individuals that you always try and avoid, they are needful, in fact they are probably more needed than you could ever imagine. “And those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;” This is exactly what Paul teaches us in Corinthians. Is that not true of the kidneys; I think we would all agree. We at time want to treat the Word with the same hostility; if it does not coincide with our lifestyles then we think we are better off without it. Another lie and remember we lose when we do not heed the voice of our God.
Our sword will be of no use in battle if it remains in its sheath. We must draw it and learn to skillfully wield it. It has power that is even able to bring down strongholds of the mind. How great is our God, how I am learning to love His wisdom. I am so thankful that I am in His army. So remember we are our brothers keepers we need one another and there will be some among you that God has place as “kidneys” and their function should be to always point you to sound doctrine, the word of God. You need them even if at time you do not like what they have to say. As long as what they say is word based and not simply an opinionated opinion, then we must all be willing to receive them and more so what they bring to the body of Christ.
Tomorrow Lord willing we will look into this subject a little deeper.
Signing off from Hennops River in Pelindaba
Tyrone
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