Day 14

Day 14 (Thursday)

What do you do when you can’t do anything? We’ve all felt it before…that feeling that you’re out of the game. It’s not that you got picked last or anything; you’re injured. Granted, you’re not the best at it, but you should at least get a chance to show them what you’re capable of. If only the doctor hadn’t said you have to stay immobile for 6 weeks.

Okay, so this is, of course, a hypothetical situation that deals in an unstated category. Maybe you’re not physically out of the game; maybe you are. Spiritually, you might have strayed from the path so far that you can’t tell where you just came from and haven’t a clue where the path is at. Just when it seems like you can’t do anything to help your situation, there’s hope. There is always hope!

First, let’s realize that as in 1 Cor. 12, there are many parts of the same body. Each has a function and each needs to be strengthened. What parts are you ignoring? What parts have you forgotten? Typically, the parts that get injured aren’t the ones we focus on. I mean, who tries to strengthen joints when you can build muscle, right? It seems odd that we neglect the most important ones so often. Well now is that chance to focus on the forgotten muscles. You know you have them. Every time you go water skiing after a year off and feel those forgotten back muscles. Every time you play Ultimate Frisbee and feel those oblique muscles that you torqued like crazy! They’re there. Find them. Work them. As all parts of the physical body are important, each part of the spiritual body of Christ is also important. Sometimes we forget about certain parts of the body, which we shouldn’t, but we do. Let’s not forget each part is crucial to making the body function properly!