Daily Devotional
God Made Us to Need Each Other

October 18, 2024

Ponder This

The foot and the hand both belong to the body. Your hand is relatively attractive. You care for your hands with polish on nails and adorn your hands with jewelry. Feet are not as noticeable as hands, but you would’ve had difficulty getting in here today without them. Each member of the body is important, and God made us where we need one another. We belong to one another. We can’t be in competition with one another, nor should we live in isolation from one another.

Some members of the body that don’t seem necessary are very necessary. When was the last time you ever said, “Lord, I really do thank You for my pancreas,” or “Bless God for my wonderful spleen”? You probably don’t do that. We tend to take these things for granted.

We also don’t know who does all the little things around the church to make our services run smoothly. Who opens the doors of the church on Sunday morning so you can come inside? You don’t know. Who makes the coffee for everyone? You don’t know. Who does so many things we take for granted? You don’t know. What if they all stopped, and we arrived at church on a Sunday morning to find all the lights off, the doors locked, the building cold, and the choir absent? Then, maybe you’d begin to say, “Thank God for the members of the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ.” We are one Body, and all the members are necessary and vital to the Church.

• Who are some of the members of your church that serve behind the scenes? How can you start paying attention to who does the little things?
• What have you contributed to the Body of Christ?

Practice This

Encourage and thank a member of your local church community who serves behind the scenes.