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Oh, how expectations way us down.   They keep us from seeing our potential and our talents. They make us want to be like “so and so”. Then we become stuck and unhappy. At the least we feel that way. God says we are all different.

We are members of one body. (1 Cor. 12:12-14) That body has a great deal of members in it. Those members far exceed the number we see on Sunday morning. The body of Christ is world wide.  Yet not all of those members are the same. They can’t be. (1 Cor. 12:15-17) If the body was all the same nothing would every get done. Well, maybe one thing would. That would be the only thing that ever got done. God has given out talents to each member has He needed it to be. (1 Cor.12:18-19) You have a place. It may not be the place you want it to be. You may not realize your place. You have a place. (1 Cor. 12:20-27)

Your place is extremely important. You knowing that place is essential. You knowing your talents is key to the work and your place. We have to be open minded about where you fit and what you can do. (Eph. 4:11-15) Each one of us working in tandem for the same purpose (Eph. 2:10).  Each one of us is striving for the same goal. (Phil. 3:12)  We each are knit together working and moving as one body under Christ head.  Every joint and muscle is moving to do the will of God. Then the body becomes what God desires. We are a body that is growing and edifying itself in love.  (Eph. 4:16)

 You have to do your part. You have to know your part. You have to lay your expectations down. You have to pick up God’s expectations for you. Let God mold you and use you. Then  see who you really. Do not let your self be blinded by what or who you think you are. Let your self see who you are by which talents and works that take off as you walk in Christ.

Take your role in the body and run with it!

 

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