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Day eleven: 1 Corinthians 12

I was listening to 1Corinthians 12 this morning on my audio Bible app when I heard, "Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:  And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.  For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:  That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
I was blessed by this post as I came across the above verses because Holy Spirit ministered to me profoundly by them. Permit me to share what I wrote in my journal concerning these:
< Talking about spiritual gifts and how greater honour must be given to the 'less honourable' parts of Jesus' Body, I was blessed by this because Holy Spirit opened the eyes of my heart to understand the very essence of God and Jesus. This is the kind of life Jesus lived and Paul made known that principle by which Jesus Christ lived, to humanity. Why were we floored by Jesus' life? It was because of the way He lived which we are to also do. He poured more love on them that needed it most: those parts of His Body which were seen as undesirable and weak. Hallelujah!  What does this tell me about how I treat my own body? This Scripture tells me that just as Jesus loves His feeble parts, so must I love my body and appreciate it. >
You see, what I am driving at is this:
Most often, it is easy for us to write people off within Jesus' Body because we think they are not growing or they are struggling or perhaps they aren't 'working out their salvation' with enough fear and trembling. But the above Scripture texts tell us that it is those members of His Body which we ought to appreciate and build up through encouragement and more love.
I mean isn't that what Jesus did for you and me?
He came to undeserving people like us and He poured out Himself into us.
Jesus Christ loves us and it is a blessing to know that He appreciates us just as we are and even more so when we are weak and struggling.
Thank You Jesus!.
With love,
SharingLife.
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