26. STEP

Written April 3, 2020 REPOST

STEP
”Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body-whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.” 1 Corinthians 12:12-14

I feel like He is calling HIS body of Christ to STEP. He is calling HIS body to UNIFY. Each and every person who calls Him Lord-lay down your excuses! Take the step. Take the step into the place He has prepared for you.” 

“Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were a ear, where would the sense of smell be?” 1 Corinthians 12: 15-17

Quit trying to be the hand when you are a foot! Quit trying to be the ear when you are an eye! Embrace the call HE has placed on your life. Stop resisting. STEP into your position in the body. God has moved many over the last few years-this is not by chance. He has moved HIS children into position. Into position for what HE has planned. 

“But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is there are many parts, but one body.” 1 Corinthians 12:18-20

UNIFY! Many have said ‘The church is not four walls!’ But what are you letting consume you right now at this very moment? Is it HIS name? Is it HIS peace? Is it HIS hope? Is it HIS love? This church whose four walls have now disappeared -who say they walk beyond those walls....what words are coming from your mouth? What life are you putting on display for all to see? Is it chaos? Is it fear? Is it anxiety? Is it criticism? 

WHERE IS THE UNIFIED CHURCH?! The one whom we speak of? The one that goes beyond the four walls?

“The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”...But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.“ 1 Corinthians 12: 21-26

Let those with ears HEAR. Let those with eyes SEE. May the bondage and blindness fall away. STEP. God has placed you here in this moment where you are. Apostles STEP. Prophets STEP. Teachers STEP. Gifts of healing STEP. Gifts of guidance STEP. Gifts of tongues STEP. Pastors STEP. Worship STEP. Encouragement STEP. Servants STEP. Leadership STEP. 

Church STEP.

STEP TOGETHER. STEP IN UNISON. STEP IN TRUTH. STEP into the spot He has prepared for you. Jesus was never meant to be a Sunday only person. 

”Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.“ 1 Corinthians 12:27