“God
has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to
be.. . . . Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."
1 Corinthians 12:18, 27 (NIV2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCm5FY-dEY and think about its meaning for your life (it’s the one I showed in worship on January 6, and if you were there, I recommend re-watching it.)
There
is a sense in which every aspect of life that really matters works just like the
video. One domino impacts the next
which impacts the next. I
suspect that if you examine the contours of your life you’ll find that God has
orchestrated an improbable set of “falling dominos” to bring you to where
you are today.
Of
course this perspective assumes that God has you in mind as his goal and that is
true as far as it goes. But it goes
farther. Your end is not just
to be blessed through God’s orchestrations of all of life for your benefit,
rather you are blessed to be part of the “chain reaction” to bless others.
That’s the whole point. Genesis
12 makes that point and the rest of Bible plays that out.
Therefore
each of us must remember the incredible responsibility we have to “fall”, be
moved by God to touch others, to live beyond ourselves, to be moved not just to
be blessed but to bless. It
only takes one selfish or prideful or avoidant domino to stiffen up an not to
“fall” and thereby break a chain of blessing that God intends for so many
others.
How
have you felt God’s Spirit moving to “fall” and impact another, to go
beyond yourself and thereby find yourself gifted with playing a part in God’s
reaching others for His Kingdom?
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He's teaching me that being obedient to what I believe He's called me to do can be way harder than I thought it would be. It would be so much more comfortable to be avoidant. Thanks for the incredible illustration. Trish S.
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