I learned something in our Worship Service at The Spoken Word Church today that has completely opened up the Word of God and my understanding of our New covenant! I will share with you just two of the powerful ideas that I have been meditating on since then! Our pastor, Bill Novak, shared Ephesians 5:30:
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones. KJV
We confess, with 1 Corinthians 12, that "we are the body of Christ, and individually members of it", but do we REALLY understand what that means? HE looks at US as parts of HIS own body! Flesh of His flesh and bone of His bones! Unless there is something deeply and mentally wrong with you, there is NO WAY that you are going to beat up your own body! When was the last time you hit yourself, on purpose, with a hammer? Jesus SEES us as His own body and treats us as such! He takes care of us, wants the best for us, washes us with His Word. We can have full confidence that when He says that by His stripes we WERE healed, HE MEANS IT! Meditate on the fact that HE looks at YOU as a part of HIMSELF! EVERYTHING He says and does is for our benefit BECAUSE we are a part of HIM! GLORY!!!
The other idea that just exploded on the inside of me was that WE must see each other IN THAT SAME LIGHT! I am NOT going to hurt you on purpose when I realize that YOU are a part of HIM!!! That also makes YOU a part of ME! Do you see that? THAT is why He tells us this in Galatians 5:14-15:
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. KJV
Being in strife with other believers is like taking a big bite out of our own flesh! When and if we hurt each other, we are actually hurting ourselves, AND HIM! Do you see this? I KNOW without doubt that this is just the beginning of all that we are going to come to see clearly as we continue to meditate on this and allow the Holy Spirit to show us more! I pray that 2014 is the beginning of us REALLY coming together a HIS body! No longer should we judge each other for ANYTHING! What to do? PRAY! No longer should we criticize each other. What should we do? PRAY! Share the Word with each other. Be a blessing to each other. DO for each other like we would do for our own bodies when we are under attack or something is hurting or just not right! WHEN we get this, the power of that kind of love WILL NOT FAIL! That is when HIS power will be seen on HIS body and be setting people free! THAT is why WE are here! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "The Stand", a song of complete surrender to HIM!
Shalom in Him!
