Hands of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:12-22
12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,1 Corinthians 12:26
26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. One of my favorite songs is "If we are the body" by Casting crowns. The chorus of the song says, "If we are the body, why aren't His arms reaching? Why aren't His hands healing? Why aren't His words teaching?, If we are the body, why aren't His feet going? why is His love not showing them there is a way?" I wanna look at this song in relation to the verse I put above this. In these verses, Paul is talking about how the church, us, is the body of Christ, we are His hands, feet, ears, here on earth. Each person, is a different part. Some people are hands, they reach out, they sooth nervous hands, and wipe away tears. Some people are feet, they walk to where people need them, They don't think about the distance, They just go. Some people are mouths, They speak truth, even if it is hard to hear and say. Some are ears, they listen and wait on God to speck through there presence. There are many other parts as well. Arms that hold, eyes that see, and cry for the broken hearted. We could never be the church alone. It is all the parts working together. If anyone was missing, the body would be incomplete. Every person who walks through the doors of the church building, where ever it may be (movie theater) has a role to play in the body. Without the arms, can the hands reach out, with out the feet walking, can the voice be heard in the darkness. I found a quote I like in a book, called, "Where is God when It hurts" "I want a church where anyone is welcome, no matter their color, a church where people pray and expect answers to their prayers. I want a church where people are known by their love for one another."Not just color, but class, religion, history. I know that these issuse aren't as big of a problem in the modern church, but It does happen. Haw many people do we pull away from because there issue is to hard for us to handle?Is it really to hard to call someone who may be suffering today, just to let them know you thought of them? That you are praying for them today? God never said it would be easy. "Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear." Martin Luther King Jr.Arms, reach, hands, heal, words, teach, feet, go, love, show. Can you follow His lead today. Love God, and because you love Him love for others will pour out. I love you guys.