In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul explains that we are all built up together. We are like a building with many rooms. Yet we are all different. There is a music room designed to enhance the sound of the instruments, and there is a drawing room designed to draw people into groups to share in conversations. Not all of us can be music rooms and not all can be drawing rooms. I say “Thank God I don’t have to be the music room” – and you would too if you heard my singing.
Paul uses the analogy of a body, yet he points out that the foot does not get jealous because someone says, “You have a beautiful face”. With such comments the whole body smiles and feels lighter.
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us (Romans 12:6). Our job is not to worry about what the other parts are doing or not doing. Jesus is the Head; that’s His job. The world around us will prompt us to compare ourselves with others – to be the same, then to become arrogant or discouraged with ourselves. But the Spirit of God teaches us that each one of us is different, put here for different reasons and given different gifts on purpose. Let’s make God smile by using the gift He endowed us with.
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