One Body
Today’s reading: Romans 12
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” - Romans 12:4-5 ESV
Reading through Romans 12 in one sitting gives off one resounding theme:
“I win when we win.”
William Barclay wrote the following about this passage, “Paul is here saying that we must accept ourselves; and, even if we find that the contribution we have to offer will be unseen, without praise and without prominence, we must make it, certain that it is essential and that without it the world and the Church can never be what they are meant to be.”
Do you view yourself like this in the body of Christ? Do you genuinely believe what you have to offer is indispensable to the church?
One thing that might be helpful for you today is to go down through the seven gifts mentioned in 12:6-8. Which of them best resonates with you?
God doesn’t need us, but we do need each other. All of us matter.