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As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

1 Corinthians 12:20–21, ESV

We all know the importance of every part of our body in helping us function correctly. The same is true with the body of Christ and the giftings that God places in people to make a congregation strong and healthy. Just like our human bodies, we can function without certain parts, but most would not wish for a missing limb or an eye. We would not look at any who desire to remove a healthy part of their body as being healthy of mind or spirit, so it is with our congregational bodies. We are all called to something in the body of Christ, and not one of us is of no value. When we walk in Christ, the gifts of the Holy Spirit will become more evident, and the things of the flesh that cause parts to become diseased will fall away. Just like those parts of us that become sick need care and medicine, so is it with our spiritual bodies as we are called continually to the Gospel to free us from the bondage of the sin that poisons our lives. The more we realize our interdependence on one another as the Church, the better Christ will be seen in our lives, and more of us will know His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.