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1 Corinthians 12:15-18
15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
We all may go through times where our usefulness to the Master may seem pathetic compared to others, especially those who look very gifted. The truth is that God will judge us not by our gifting but by our faithfulness. The gifts are His alone; how we will use what we have is our responsibility (Matthew 25:14-30). Then it is no business of ours to declare that we have no place in the Church and in Christ's Kingdom. If we come to despair and are gripped by this lack of faith, we may end up as the man who buried his talent. We must hold a steady faith in God's goodness and the reward laid up for those who live for him, even if we sometimes believe that we do not have the ability or resources to follow Him. False humility leaves us at "I am nothing; I have nothing to offer God." But the meekness that comes from Christ says, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). God has arranged the Body in such a way that all may be weak in themselves but fully supplied and built up as we walk together in the Spirit and under the shadow of the Cross, using our gifts to encourage and bless one another through every test and trial.
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