Jesus Is Our Brace That
Gives Support
So brace Yourself Until The Healing Comes For All
The Members of The Body of Christ Are Needed
1 Corinthians (12:3-31)
Psalm (34:19) - Says many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God deliver us out of them all. Sometimes we forget this scripture when going through some type of illness or adversities not understandable to us. It seems as though as soon as you completed or start a task God has set for us to do all hell break loose, which sometimes leaves us confused to whether this is what God has called us to do. Sometimes when The Lord has given you special gifts to use for His Kingdom we begin to think highly of ourselves when it is not us, but God who gave these gifts to us for His purpose, and not our own. Lack of understanding our gifts, and what they are for is the same as putting a loading gun in an inexperienced person hand that have no idea what to do with it so first thing they do is pull the trigger while others are around the results people killed or injured, or wounded in the Spirit from the impact like a misguided missile heading for whatever is in its path.
To keep us humble The Lord has to sometimes allowed a thorn in our flesh so we won’t get ahead of Him in His purpose for our lives, so that we don’t run right past what God has called us to do. The thorn is also used to keep us still, so we can hear from God because the busyness of our lives keeps us sometimes from hearing God’s voice so The Lord has to slow us down. The thorn is also used to deflate the infected inflamed ego that is causing the inflammation in the body. This is to have us to come to the reality that it is God not us who is in control, and to keep us from becoming complicit, or comfortable in our wrongs. No man is an Island separated, and self-sufficient all things come from God The Creator.
We're reminded through scriptures that Jesus came giving up his life in order for us to receive life. So by Him being head of The Body of Christ everything else is subordinate to Our Lord. Let’s look at The Body of Christ from 1 Corinthians - for all gifts giving are part of The Body of Christ and used together for The Body in Whole. KJV (1 Corinthians 12:3 - 31) vs 3 And it says - Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by The Spirit of God called Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is The Lord, but by The Holy Ghost. vs 4. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (Vs 5) And there are differences of Administrations, but the same Lord. 6.And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worked all in all.
7. But The Manifestation of The Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8. For to one is given by The Spirit The Word of Wisdom; to another The Word of Knowledge by the same Spirit. vs 9. To another Faith by the same Spirit, to another The Gifts of Healing by the same Spirit: (vs 10) To another The Working of Miracles: to another Prophecy; to another Discerning of Spirits; to another Divers Kinds of Tongues: to another The Interpretation of Tongues; (vs 11) But all these worked that One and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. (vs 12) For as The Body is One, and hath many members, and all the members of that One body: so also is Christ.
We're reminded through scriptures that Jesus came giving up his life in order for us to receive life. So by Him being head of The Body of Christ everything else is subordinate to Our Lord. Let’s look at The Body of Christ from 1 Corinthians - for all gifts giving are part of The Body of Christ and used together for The Body in Whole. KJV (1 Corinthians 12:3 - 31) vs 3 And it says - Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by The Spirit of God called Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is The Lord, but by The Holy Ghost. vs 4. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (Vs 5) And there are differences of Administrations, but the same Lord. 6.And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worked all in all.
7. But The Manifestation of The Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8. For to one is given by The Spirit The Word of Wisdom; to another The Word of Knowledge by the same Spirit. vs 9. To another Faith by the same Spirit, to another The Gifts of Healing by the same Spirit: (vs 10) To another The Working of Miracles: to another Prophecy; to another Discerning of Spirits; to another Divers Kinds of Tongues: to another The Interpretation of Tongues; (vs 11) But all these worked that One and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. (vs 12) For as The Body is One, and hath many members, and all the members of that One body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be jews of Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14. For the body is not one member, but many. (Vs 15) If the foot shall say - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16. And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: is it therefore not of the body?17. If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18. But now hath God Set The Members Everyone of Them In The Body, as it hath pleased Him.
19. And If they were all one member, where were the body 20. But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21. The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: (vs 23) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable upon these we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
These are the scripture The Holy Spirit pointed out to me in my affliction. For my body has been under attack. The lack of understanding that every part of the body is needed, becomes a lesson when my knee endures a condition called Knee Bursitis which affected the knee. This condition came along with Iritis which affected the eye, and Hip Bursitis which affected the hip. In each case the improper functioning of those parts kept the body from working properly due to the pain it inflicted. Knee Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa in your knee, and Hip Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa in your hip. The Bursa is a fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and a tendon. A tendon is a cord of strong tissue that connects muscles to bones. So when this sac becomes inflamed it puts pressure on your knee or hip which cause swelling and pain restricting movement of that bone causing stiffness. So the knee and hip is not functioning properly.
Iritis is inflammation of the Iris. The Iris is a circular, pigmented membrane that provides the eye it’s color. The Iris is made with muscular fiber that controls the amount of light entering into the pupil so you can see clearly. The pupil is in the center of the Iris so when inflamed it cause pain in the eye and the head causing the eye to turn red. In all these cases, inflammation affected those parts of the body causing the malfunctioning of these organs needed for the body in whole to work properly. Without both Eyes you have a problem seeing, and without both Knees you have a problem walking and without The Hip you have a problem with standing. Without these organs operating the others parts of the body becomes hinder from functioning properly.
The same as in The Body of Christ if the members of the body are not operating according to it’s function than the body become unstable. Every part of the body needs to work according to its role whether it be a small part or major part all needed for the body to work in whole. For our comely parts have no need but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. That here should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Now We Are The Body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first Apostles, secondarily Prophets, thirdly Teachers, after that Miracles, then Gifts of Healings, Helps, Governments, Diversities of Tongues. And it goes on to say (vs.29) Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all Teachers? Are all Workers of Miracles? Have all The Gifts of Healing? Do all Speak with Tongues? This is for the ones who preach or believe that you have to speak in tongues as evidence that you have the Holy Spirit. Do all Interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
The healing for my eye and hip came about after taking Motrin IB which is use for pain and inflammation, but the knee refuse to cooperate with treatment so we considered other measures. A Brace took some of the pressure off my knee stabilizing it. This gave me the ability to move without triggering so much pain so the process of healing can come about. When The Body of Christ is under attack Seek The Lord for His support enables us to continue functioning until the Healing comes. So The Aid of The Lord Is Our Brace that support us when we are under a lot of pressure, He relieves us of some of the pressure so that we can continue using our gifts for His purpose.
The Lord’s message is that even in afflictions of God’s Children the thorn is to convey a message to all members of The Body of Christ, and deflate The Ego and The Spirit of Pride as to remind us that we are all needed in order go forth, and enter into His rest so you can spend the needed time in The Presence of The Lord. Instead of putting all the focusing on your pain look to see what God Is Speaking Into Your Spirit, and then obey as he relieves you of your anxiety that comes when the body is under pressure when it is swelled up with pride, or consume with doubt and begins to malfunction. Amen!
19. And If they were all one member, where were the body 20. But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21. The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: (vs 23) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable upon these we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
Many Members of One Body
These are the scripture The Holy Spirit pointed out to me in my affliction. For my body has been under attack. The lack of understanding that every part of the body is needed, becomes a lesson when my knee endures a condition called Knee Bursitis which affected the knee. This condition came along with Iritis which affected the eye, and Hip Bursitis which affected the hip. In each case the improper functioning of those parts kept the body from working properly due to the pain it inflicted. Knee Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa in your knee, and Hip Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa in your hip. The Bursa is a fluid-filled sac that acts as a cushion between a bone and a tendon. A tendon is a cord of strong tissue that connects muscles to bones. So when this sac becomes inflamed it puts pressure on your knee or hip which cause swelling and pain restricting movement of that bone causing stiffness. So the knee and hip is not functioning properly.
Iritis is inflammation of the Iris. The Iris is a circular, pigmented membrane that provides the eye it’s color. The Iris is made with muscular fiber that controls the amount of light entering into the pupil so you can see clearly. The pupil is in the center of the Iris so when inflamed it cause pain in the eye and the head causing the eye to turn red. In all these cases, inflammation affected those parts of the body causing the malfunctioning of these organs needed for the body in whole to work properly. Without both Eyes you have a problem seeing, and without both Knees you have a problem walking and without The Hip you have a problem with standing. Without these organs operating the others parts of the body becomes hinder from functioning properly.
The same as in The Body of Christ if the members of the body are not operating according to it’s function than the body become unstable. Every part of the body needs to work according to its role whether it be a small part or major part all needed for the body to work in whole. For our comely parts have no need but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. That here should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
The healing for my eye and hip came about after taking Motrin IB which is use for pain and inflammation, but the knee refuse to cooperate with treatment so we considered other measures. A Brace took some of the pressure off my knee stabilizing it. This gave me the ability to move without triggering so much pain so the process of healing can come about. When The Body of Christ is under attack Seek The Lord for His support enables us to continue functioning until the Healing comes. So The Aid of The Lord Is Our Brace that support us when we are under a lot of pressure, He relieves us of some of the pressure so that we can continue using our gifts for His purpose.
The Lord’s message is that even in afflictions of God’s Children the thorn is to convey a message to all members of The Body of Christ, and deflate The Ego and The Spirit of Pride as to remind us that we are all needed in order go forth, and enter into His rest so you can spend the needed time in The Presence of The Lord. Instead of putting all the focusing on your pain look to see what God Is Speaking Into Your Spirit, and then obey as he relieves you of your anxiety that comes when the body is under pressure when it is swelled up with pride, or consume with doubt and begins to malfunction. Amen!
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