One Body, Many Members

Have you ever felt like you really didn't have much to offer? Have you ever felt that your gifts or talents are of little importance? Or, maybe you feel or have felt like you don't matter? Think, a moment, about how it makes you feel and when you are having those feelings then revert back to what the word tells us. 1 Corinthians 12 speaks about how there are many parts to the body and that one is not greater than the other. The person to your left may have one gift, while the person to your right has another. Neither one is more or less important, they each serve a purpose. Don't we all work under the same spirit? In verse 11-12 of 1 Corinthians 12 speaks about the different gifts under the same spirit. It reads:

12:11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.

Remember that we were uniquely created by God and the gifts he bestowed to us are of great importance. There was a time when I felt I didn't have much to offer. That my gifts and talents were not significant. I saw gifts in others and in my opinion those gifts were better. The number one thing I was doing wrong was comparing myself. The second was devaluing what the Lord had placed inside of me by thinking that my gifts are not needed to complete the body. In 1 Corinthians 12:21 it says this: "The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"

We all represent something and we all create one body. Each and everyone one of us is needed to complete the body. I encourage you to have faith in God and what he has given you. Whether you feel you have a little or a lot to offer, give it to him and through that he will honor it and you will see your purpose. Believe that you are a woman of worth and walk in that truth. Don't allow feelings of inadequacy creep in and tell you that you can not do this or that! The word tells us in Philippians 4:13 that:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."