Happy New Year! I woke up with these thoughts being poured out to me and streaming through my mind and heart this beautiful New Year’s morning. My biggest challenge is to daily and actively apply the wisdom of God in my everyday life.
The body of Christ is all the people who listen to, (John 10:27) love and obey Jesus. (John 14:15) It is headed up by the active presence of the living resurrected Christ, Himself (Ephesians 5:23) not by a mere human leader.
It is not confined to religious corners. It shares God’s presence and wisdom everywhere. It makes disciples in all the world. (Matthew 28:19)
The body of Christ is so much more than a passive audience of religious spectators who gather to simply hear a talk about the word. Members of the body of Christ assemble themselves together (Hebrews 10:25) in order to train one another (Hebrews 10:24) to actually do the word throughout their everyday life. (James 1:22)
Members of the body of Christ consistently shine His light. (Matthew 5:14) They show people His love (Mark 12:31) everywhere they go, even to their enemies. (Matthew 5:44) They do more than sit and listen to wise and persuasive words of men’s wisdom. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5) They testify about Jesus (Revelation 12:11) and demonstrate the Spirit’s wisdom and power. (Acts 1:8)
Every new year has many challenges. My greatest challenge every year is to be an effective and Spirit-led member of the body of Christ.
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