For One Body of Christ

“⁸Therefore it says,

‘When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,

and he gave gifts to men.’

¹¹And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, ¹²to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,” — Ephesians 4:8, 11-12 (ESV)

Paul again calls out that which is for One Body of Christ. There are gifts given to men like those identified in verse 11 above. These gifts may be of or for an individual or a set of different individuals in support of the work of bringing the gospel to the world. Either way, they are for One Body of Christ.

I forget that gifts are necessarily those tangible items for the one. They may be in support of or things we may not really know. There are time we are not granted things and that is the gift. Such as arriving on time to places. If we would have been 2 minutes earlier, we may have been the one in an accident as opposed to just simply coming upon the accident. The delay was the gift and that is for One Body of Christ as He likely has something in mind that I am meant to be a part.

I have to be open to all that is so that I am able to apply it to the work I am doing to spread the gospel. I am just one part of One Body of Christ. I am doing work at God’s design and that work is where I will find the gifts He has for me.

What work are you doing for Christ? Are you aware of the gifts He provides? What if you were to accept all as the gifts and know that you are part of One Body of Christ and you do all for the One Body of Christ?