Colossians 1:18 tells us "he is the head of the body, the church". Today, I see this scripture in a new light. Jesus is the head of the body of Christ. The church makes up the body of Christ. And we, the believers, are the church, so we are the body of Christ. Now, when you think about your own body, what is the purpose of your head? Your head cannot go anywhere by itself, it has to be carried around on top of your body. Your body provides the feet to your head, and carries out all actions for your head. In the same way, we have to be the feet for Jesus. He needs our bodies to carry out His actions.
The head is also our central communication center. Our body only moves because our heads tell it to. Our body is tuned into whatever our heads tell it to do. If our head tells our body to walk to the kitchen and grab an apple, our body carries out this action perfectly. In the same way, we need to be tuned into Jesus. We must practice hearing Him, so that when He gives us a task to carry out, we will carry it out without giving it another thought, knowing that it's our Shepherd guiding us.
Let us not grow weary listening to the voice of our Lord so that we can take advantage of the opportunity to put feet to our faith. If we truly believe that He is the head and we are the body, I don't believe we would ever be content to just parking ourselves on a church pew once or twice (or maybe even three times) a week! Let's listen to what work the Lord has for us to do each day.
I love you, Lord. Here I am, use me!
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