Living in the Body of Christ – part 5 - Our goal

Living in the Body of Christ – part 5 - Our goal
...causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. (Ephes. 4:16c)
The common goal in the Body of Christ is the growth of the body. As each one does his individual part, it causes the growth of the body as a whole. The Body is responsible for the building up of itself in love as it ministers to each member.

God has decided that this growth occurs as a result of living in community. He put us together in a spiritual body of believers where we learn to be more like him every day. He has given leaders, servants of the Head, to equip us for ministry. He has called us to be one in the faith and to mature to be like Christ. He has called us to work together in community in order to be his Body.

Do you understand the implication of being in the Body? We are a community of God's people who have been brought into a living union with God and with one another. We need one another in order to grow and to help the Body to grow.

Watchman Nee said, “Yet just what kind of a man is he who perceives the Body? He is a person who seeks for fellowship, who fears that he himself may be wrong, and who dare not work independently. Such is the person who has discerned the Body.”

We work together, to grow together, to love Jesus and bear the fruit of the Spirit for every one’s benefit. That is what Body Life is all about. Have you started to live the Body Life yet?

Prayer: O Lord, through your grace and mercy I see not only the Body – but that I am part of this glorious plan to do your work. Make me diligent, loving and serving as I experience the Body Life, depending only on you. Amen.