Tuesday: The Body!

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts.

Good TUESDAY morning, my dear brothers and sisters. I wrote Tuesday big for I just know we are all going to be thinking it is Monday. Today, Tuesday, is schools day on this line, the day we pray for our schools, public, private, all schools, from preschool to schools of higher education. I also ask that you pray for all who enter the schools, not just the students or teachers, but so often we forget about those whose work we cannot be without. What would a Principal be if not for that school office secretary, what would a good special education teacher be without the ones in the room who help take care of the children? What good would that school bus be if we did not have the very best bus drivers in the world behind the wheel driving them? And please tell me, would the schools even open without the men and women who clean up the spills and clean the restrooms? And please do not forget those who make the lunch and in a lot of cases the breakfast. They all need our prayers.

The Body: When God created the Heavens and the Earth He also made man and woman. The man was made from dust of the ground and the breath of air from our God. The woman was made from a rib from man. Now while that all sounds very simple, there is nothing simple about the body of we the people. Unless you have looked at all those posters hanging in your doctor's office, you don't really have a clue what the body is really made of, and then I am not sure that we will ever appreciate how God really made us. Then God gave some men and women the knowledge to make some repairs to the body. Think of it, my friends, think of your body and how many parts there really are. As we get older we start to hurt in parts we didn't know we had.

The Body: Now let's think of bodies other than ours. Oh, cut it out guys, I am not talking about the ladies here ... and no, ladies, we are not talking about those six packs that some men work for here. Let me move to a body that some might even remember. How about "Body By Fisher"? Do you remember that name? Yes, it was the name which General Motors cars were built under at one time. So since I am a car nut, let's talk a bit about the car body. How many parts could you name, and let's talk about the complete car, for the body as we think about it will not run without a motor, as we the people also need the parts that make us work. Cars have a shell, so do we, cars have a frame, so do we, cars have wheels and tires, we have feet and legs, and I could go on matching up a lot of parts. And folks, believe it or not, the car and the person both have a brain And I could go on and on ...

The Body: Let me look at just a few more. How about our schools? Some look only at the building, or the football fields and teams, some look at one part or the other, but it takes many parts to make up the body of a school. It really does.

The Body: Let me look at our military now, and I want to talk about the fine men and women of the military, not the planes, tanks, bombs, or anything else, I want to talk about the people. The body of our military, when it comes to people, are made up of many. Yesterday, Memorial Day, we remembered the past, the fallen, of those who have given their lives for this country ... and they gave it freely. But let's talk about the military of today, the body, the real heart and soul of our military.

When in dress uniforms, you see the bright colors of our Marines, the white uniforms of our Navy, the green of the Army, the blue of the Air Force, and the tan of the Coast Guard ... and I just know I did not get them all correct, but you are going to get the message. Under those uniforms are bodies, bodies of men and women who are Red, Yellow, Black, and White, and a mix of those colors. When 10 Marines jump out of a plane, they are one body, serving this Nation together. When a team of Sailors take a Submarine down under the water on a mission, the men (I don't think women are on subs yet), regardless of color, are of one body, each counting on the other to do their job. And I could go on with each branch of the service.

The Body: The church is also the same, and I am not talking about the local church where you attend, although that also should be one body with many parts. I am now talking about the Church of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 12: 12 - The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. (NIV) And the Bible goes on about other body parts also.

The Church of our Lord Jesus, in short, those who follow Jesus, the Born Again believers, need many to make up the body. Today it is not just Jews and Greeks but people of all races and backgrounds who have come to Jesus to be saved. And saved they will be when they come to Jesus.

Now let me wrap this one up. In our bodies today we have some parts that might not be working properly, they for one reason or another have weakened, or even stopped working. Sometimes repairs are needed to get them back on track. I have a few parts that have worn out, I need knees and also some shoulder repairs, so there are some things I now have trouble doing. The Body of Christ also needs all the body parts to work together. It takes all of the parts working together to bring in the lost to Jesus. Think about it, and let me ask you this question. As a part of the body of Christ, are you doing your fair share of the work? Maybe you are the legs and you need to get into the fields of harvest but you have been a "slacker". Do you know that weakens the entire body? Yes, there are others ... What about pastors, let me put "us" on the spot ... While most preach the truth and also the complete word of God, but what about those pastors who are supporting gay marriages, or abortion, or other things that do not line up with the teachings of our Lord Jesus that are in the Bible? When these things happen, the body gets weakened. Let me relate that to the flu. We need the full body of Christ to be pulling together. And if you are watching the news about Korea and reading about the states giving in to the gay marriage and all the abortions going on, you know that the BODY OF CHRIST IS NEEDED NOW MORE THEN EVER. I THINK WE ARE IN THE FINAL DAYS, BUT I AM NOT WASTING TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT JESUS DOES NOT EVEN KNOW, I, LIKE YOU, HAVE WORK TO DO. Get your body attached to the body of Christ and get to work.

Dear Father in Heaven, we are indeed one body with many parts and we need to be working for You. Help us with this command of Yours, help us in the fields of Harvest to bring the lost to You. And Lord, as we pray today for our schools, help us to remember the schools are also part of the harvest fields. So bless our schools, and Lord, keep our bodies, our personal bodies, well so that we may be working for You ... in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Now go forth, as one body, of many parts, sharing your many blessings. And yes, this one body part loves ya ... dan.