Sermon: Everybody is Somebody in Christ's Body

Sermon Notes
1st Corinthians 12
Ben Loos

We are a body.

One body many members.

We are one, but different. We each are given a gift to promote the common good. With out gifts we are to serve the body, knowing that we can't fulfill all roles, but we are the ones who must fulfill the roles we are given.

When even one small part of us is hurting it effects us all.

People who don't feel like they are needed, that their contributions aren't needed. The person with foot gifts and graces looking at a person with hand gifts and grace and because they feel useless and like they don't belong. Flipping on Instagram and see people living a different life than you  are and the comparison game gets worse. We can't do  everything and if we could we would be God. We can rejoice that we were never meant to be God. We are created to be exactly who we are, exactly where we are, doing exactly what God has called us to do. God doesn't need 500 ears, that would be weird.

We need to trust that God has a plan and embraces diversity. God embraces unity, but not uniformity. Yes there are a lot of gifts, but the same Spirit. We are different, but not because of a different or bad spirits. Rather these are the gifts of one Spirit composing the body in a beautiful way. With the same care he organized the stars and celestial bodies he has placed in the exact place that we currently are.

It is only culture that places different importance on different roles. I am going to be me because God has made me significant. Its hard to feel valued if you contribution is never acknowledge, though. The way to keep a body healthy is bring honor to the parts that often get ignored. Every single person matters to God. Every single name, ever single day.

To those who feel they are self-sufficient and want all the roles for them self. They must realize that they don't have all the gifts. Both words in the Greek used for "gifts" totally debunk the pride we feel. This gift is just that, a gift. There is also a fear of lack of control and lack of importance. We need to trust, but it is scary to trust.

To go over and admit that we have need of others is a loss of control and an exercise in faith. How others do it may be different, but it can still be beautiful. We need to trust in God rather than in our own gifts. If we would trust we would praise others for their gifts rather than judging or tearing them down for the gifts they lack. We are a body, we are here to learn on one another  and be made more beautiful through the diversity of those around us. We are better for not being self-sufficient. We are sufficient through Christ alone.