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This morning my Pastor spoke about finding your place and used puzzle pieces as an analogy to explain the Body of
Christ. It reminded me of a similar analogy I used in something I wrote five
years ago this week. I found it amazing that the Lord would use it again as he
spoke to my Pastor about it this last week. So on that subject I hope this
blesses you.
The Body of Christ is like a puzzle and when put together
looks like Christ. Now every puzzle piece looks different. Some are big and some
are small. Some are bright and some are dark. Then some are just a mixture of everything.
Now the thing about almost every puzzle piece is that they have two distinct
characteristics, the connectors. One part sticks out and one part caves in. The
only way for the picture to be seen in its fullness and with clarity is to
assemble the whole puzzle into one picture so the only thing that is seen is
the picture and not the pieces.
Now in regards to Christ and his believers is just that.
Each believer is a different piece of the puzzle meaning that they have
connectors which are strengths and weaknesses. In order for Christ to be seen
in his fullness, just like the puzzle we too must come together and unite. We
must allow someone else's strengths to overlap and fill in our weakness. Allow
our vision to contribute to someone else's. We must really see ourselves as
pieces to something bigger. That each of us has been given something to
contribute to the bigger picture. That even though some pieces may look bigger,
they still need the smaller ones to complete the job.
The problem though arises when we believe that we have
the whole picture and that there is nothing to add to it. That one puzzle piece
believes he's the picture. He becomes a one man show; In essence becoming God.
Our goal and ultimate destiny is to reveal Jesus. In order to do that, we must unite every piece into one picture
to show the fullness of Jesus. God made each of us distinctively different not
so we would stand out, but so we could each come together in humility to share
our differences in order to reveal our similarity which is Christ.
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