His body

And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. – Ephesians 1.22-23

There are several times in the New Testament where the church is referred to the body of Christ. I really like that analogy. I like that we are His body.

God could have used any means to proclaim his gospel and do His work. He could have proclaimed it in the heavens. He could have emblazoned it at every sunset. He could have written it rainbows.

But he didn't do any of that. He chose to use us, His body, as His hands and feet and ears and eyes and mouth to do His work. We are His hands to do the everyday work of serving. Him and meeting the needs of others. We are His feet to carry the gospel to the world around us. He uses us as His ears to hear the cries and His eyes to see the needs. He uses us as His mouth to proclaim His word and speak words of love and comfort.

And the wonderful thing is that He is the head over all. There is a real problem when the parts our body don't respond properly to instructions from our head.  The body is sick. The connections are not being made.

The same thing is true in Christ's body. When we don't follow the direction of the head something is surely wrong.

We are His body; He has filled us with all of His fullness. There really is no excuse for us not serving Him except our own lack of faith and lack of faithfulness.