where do i fit in?

12 January 2017

Evening

FACE TO FAITH:

1 Corinthians 12:18-20 NASB

[18] But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. [19] If they were all one member, where would the body be? [20] But now there are many members, but one body.

Do you remember back to when you were inside your mother’s womb? 

No, obviously not, but if you could, it’s not hard to image God’s voice speaking over you, His hands carefully crafting you, His heart dreaming ahead into your life of all the things you might become. He is, after all, a good Father and the Creator of us all. 

In that creation, God put into the very core of us which part of His body we were called to become. This part of us lay dormant like a seed until the Holy Spirit filled us upon conversion and brought life to that God-given identity and calling with which we were born. 

Now we face a choice. Will we allow the Holy Spirit to determine our identity, to tell us where we fit in the body of Christ? Or will we insist that we know better than Him, forcing 

our way into what we want the most or think we’ll like the best? 

This should be a silly question. In fact, it should not be a question at all. Obviously, if God is good and trustworthy—and we are believing that He’s good and trustworthy enough to save us from our sins and give us Heaven, after all—then we should trust that whom He created us to be will be the most fulfilling and life-giving identity we could have, beyond all we could accomplish for ourselves. 

Nevertheless, oftentimes we come to church and strive to be like the people around us. Or we strive to be like the leadership up front. Some insecurity about who we are tells us that we need to stand in front of the congregation to be important. We need to be on a board. We need to teach a class. We need to be seen. 

Nonsense. We need to be the part of the body that God determined we would be. 

Submit your life to the Holy Spirit today and allow Him to determine your steps. Let Him set you apart for service in the body and make your time in church about those around you instead of yourself. Then, and only then, will you find the fulfillment you desire. 

Prayer 

Holy Spirit, 

Thank You that You know more about me than I do! I give my life to You today and ask that You help me become the part of Christ’s body You created me to be. 

Amen

my comments:

where do i fit in?

i find myself asking that question quite often.

i find a place to fit in but soon "get kicked out". i find another and get told that i am not wanted there anymore. i find still another but am not included.

i get lost in myself and other things. soon i am forgotten. 

then something happens and i get remembered, added, and included. but i am unsure of motive.

i have been learning thru the journey of finding where i fit in that Jesus is right where i need to be. trusting Him i am where i am becuz He is leading me. all the choices in my past do not matter. He has me right where He wants me to be. i only need to offer myself and God does the rest.

God sees to it that i am remembered, added, and included in just what He needs. all i need to do is accept where i am, and get busy being me in the place He's put me in.

Life Community Church is a great place to exercise being me. i enjoy the home group i am a part of and the people r so nice and welcoming.

i am slowly getting involved and finding where i fit in.