1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is
one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many,
are one body: so also is Christ.
I ran across an interesting analogy this morning. As members of the body of Christ,
we can be compared to pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece has protrusions and
indentations. The protrusions represent our strengths (gifts, talents,
abilities), and the indentations represent our weaknesses (faults, limitations,
shortcomings, undeveloped areas). The beautiful thing is that the pieces
complement one another and produce a beautiful whole.
Just as each piece of a puzzle is important, so each member of the body is
important and can minister to the other members of the body. And just as when
one piece is missing from a puzzle, its absence is very obvious.
My mother liked to put puzzles together. She could sit for hours on end,
late into the night working on one. My grandson, Douglas, enjoys them as does one of my
best friends, Helen. It didn’t move fast enough for me so I
never really got into it. I admire the patience it must take to search and place each
piece in the perfect spot.
God does the same thing. He takes what looks like a lot of random
individuals and works them into His big picture. He crafted each piece to add
to the beauty to His picture. He knows the role each individual will play. I’d
go as far as to say He places each one next to someone that needs what the
other has to offer. As the first paragraph said, we all have strengths and
weaknesses. It is no coincidence the people in your life are there. Together we
are stronger. Together we can do more than any one of us alone. God places us
where we need to be for maximum benefit to all.
Aren’t you glad our God has a plan and purpose for each of us that fit perfectly into His picture? I am so thankful He is patient to seek us! I may be but one piece of the puzzle but I know I am there because He choose me. How awesome is that?
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