Joint Venture

What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own.

1 Corinthians 12:20

         Your body is the perfect picture of how God designed community to work. Every part is interdependent and is vital to the health and strength of the other parts. If your lungs took the day off, your brain would cease to function. If your muscles went on strike, your feet wouldn't be able to get you out of bed and off to work. 

         Paul's picture of the cooperative human body illustrates how every individual is vital to the health of God's church as a whole. It also demonstrates how every part is significant. One part isn't more important than another. You should not regard the person who preaches on Sunday morning as more important than the one who cleans the building before the service. Each individual is necessary. Every gift God gives has a purpose a place to help fulfill his perfect plan. 

         People often encounter two pitfalls when they evaluate their significance by comparing their gifts with others': (1) they believe their gifts are too small or too big, or (2) they feel that what they do really doesn't matter or that everything would fall apart without them. Paul's words in 1 Corinthians guide you toward the true measure of significance. Through you are of eternal significance to God, your significance on this earth comes solely from what you are a part of - God's body here on earth.

         Understanding your significance, and the significance of others, will help you keep a humble, realistic view of yourself. It will also enable you to work more harmoniously in community with others.

         Pray for grace and mercy in all that God provides you to do as a community - as the body of Christ. For all that is done is for his glory and honor. ~ MME Team