A heart, lungs, hands, and eyes.



Romans 12:3–5

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

God gave you unique functions as part of a bigger "body". The body needs a heart, eyes, lungs, feet.

God didn't design you to do everything — just your part. When you try to be the hands, feet, eyes, and heart all at once, the body suffers.

Trust these two things:
God has equipped you in a way unique to you.

God has blessed other people in ways different from you.

With Jesus, you can humbly use those gifts for others.

What is one gift God has specially given to you? When do you try to do everything yourself rather than looking to the body?

 

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