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1 Corinthians 12:27 (LSB) 27 Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.
As members of the body of Christ, we are each unique, tasked by God with specific duties or works to carry out in our lives.
You may be a hand. Another may be a foot. Still another may be an arm or leg.
And each of us will likely be used as various body parts for specific seasons or purposes that God asks us to carry out.
Many of us have heard, or been told, that we are the “hands and feet of Christ.”
While this phrase is nowhere to be found in the word of God, it is a truth that each of us should live out daily; bringing Jesus to those who need Him in any given moment.
We use the gifts and talents that God has placed within each of us to impart little pieces of God into those we encounter along life’s path.
Today I had an opportunity to do this in a way that I had not expected. And this is frequently the way it happens; unannounced and spontaneous.
This is why it’s so critical that we each remain prepared and willing to obey when God swings the door open for us to represent Him.
We may never know the impact that we have in our daily interactions with others; people we have never met and may never see again.
How we handle ourselves and behave in split second decisions can have lifelong effects on other human lives; effects may mean more than we could ever comprehend.
Let us not worry about which part of the body we are; a hand, a foot, an eye, an ear, or any other part.
Each is equally important. And we do not get to choose which part we are on any given day or in any given moment.
We simply need to be sure to answer the call when God brings it around.
And in doing so, we glorify God by being there when someone needs us most.

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