"For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?"
What would be the value of being just an eye or just an ear? You would be grotesquely incomplete. You would be incapable of doing things that God designed bodies to do.
Consider Bob, the eye. Bob is rolling down the street. You want to say hello, so you call out to him. You just wasted your breath. Bob can’t hear you, because he’s just an eye.
People are made up of many different parts. These parts each perform their own necessary function. The idea of one particular organ or appendage deciding that it is no longer part of the body is ridiculous. Such rebellion is inconceivable in the human body. But sadly, many vital parts of the church are in that kind of rebellion. They want to perform a function that they have not been given, and if they don’t get to be the part that they want to be they might leave. Their rebellion is selfish and foolish. The church needs all of it’s parts.
Has God made you the janitor at your church when you want to be the preacher? Will you leave or complain about the injustice of your being the foot when you want to be the hand? Your work as janitor is just as important as the pastor’s work. If no one does your work, people will most likely stop coming and then what use will the pastor be? This is true of nursery workers, assistant pastors, secretaries, bus drivers, youth workers, Sunday school teachers, any anyone else in the church who performs some kind of function, even if it is as simple as saying hello to visitors or having others over for fellowship. Your role in the body is important.
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