"If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." 1 Corinthians 12:26-27
Oooh, I've felt it... that pain in the knee commonly referred to as "runners knee". The funny thing is though, it's not all about the knee. One of the causes of "runners knee" is tight hamstrings and calf muscles that can put pressure on the knee, and weak quadricep muscles which can cause the patella to track out of alignment. When other parts of the body aren't working correctly, it can cause undue stress on another which leads to pain and injury. Let's face it, God designed our individual body parts to work together as a whole.
He designed his church to do the same. 1 Corinthians 12:12 says, "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. " Just as with our bodies, when we let parts of the church body get weak or exhausted, it affects the others. Similiarly, when one member becomes tight or uncompromising, the rest of the church body can suffer as well. The only way to keep it working properly is consistently helping to strengthen our brothers and sisters in Christ by encouraging them and carrying our share of the workload while being flexible in how it gets done.
By taking the same care of our church body as we do our physical ones, we can keep the whole body healthy and strong and able to do the wonderful things God has called us to.
Heavenly Father, thank you for making our bodies in your image. May we work daily to keep our physical bodies healthy and strong to serve and to work even harder to ensure that the church body that we are a part of is equally healthy and strong so that we might have the power to do great things in our community and to work together to do great things for the Kingdom. It's in your precious name we pray, Jesus. Amen.
Happy Running!!!
We are the body of Christ - Scott Wesley Brown
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