But unto every one of us is given grace according to
the measure of the gift of Christ.
Wherefore He saith, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity
captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now
that He ascended, what is it but that He also descended first into the lower
parts of the earth? He that descended is
the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all
things.) And He gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; For the
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
Body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect Man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ.
Ephesians, Chapter 4, verses 7-13.
This makes me think about a watch with its back
taken off. There are all kinds of
mechanisms and gears in a watch. Each
gear and mechanism looks a little different from each other and does something
a little different, but all the gears and mechanisms of the watch work together
with one ultimate goal.
I think Christians are like the gears and mechanisms
of the watch. We all have different
gifts and abilities, but should all have the one unifying and ultimate goal of
being the examples God wants us to be.
We might all do this in different ways.
Some might go door to door sharing their love for Jesus, while someone
else does this by asking a friend to go to church with them. Some accomplish this by giving their money,
their time or their talents to do God’s work.
Still others do God’s work through being a good example of how Christ
works in their life.
Hopefully all, regardless of their gifts, take the
time to pray for those who don’t know Christ in their lives, since they all
have the same ultimate and unifying goal.
Here is a related passage:
*As every man hath received the gift, even so
minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of
God. If any man speak, let him speak as
the oracles of God, if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which
God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to
whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen. 1 Peter, Chapter 4, verses
10-11.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn’t necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
This is a connection I've made from this Bible passage. Please
share your connections.
