100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 53

Today’s Big Idea: Don’t despise the roles of others. As we saw yesterday, we can easily despise the role we play in the church. And if we don’t deal with those feelings in a healthy, biblical way we often turn those toxic feelings outward to others.

Key Verse: 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!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable (1 Corinthians 12:21–22).

Thoughts to Consider: You are “indispensable.” I didn’t say that, the Bible does. So is every other part of the body of Christ, known as the church. In fact, like the human body, the parts that seem weakest and most vulnerable are often the most important for the functioning of a healthy body.

Have you ever looked at someone else’s role in the church and devalued them? “They’re too young to matter.” “They’re too old to be relevant.” “They have different theological positions from mine so they must not be a mature Christian—maybe they’re not a Christian at all!” The truth is, only God knows the heart. It’s not our job to judge others, it’s our command to love them. You’re indispensable. They’re indispensable. Loving one another is indispensable.