Comparison

As the Body of Christ, our primary focus must be Jesus. As we forge forward in unison into all He's called us to do, we must remain fully focused on Him. The problem comes when different members of the body begin comparing themselves to others. Once the enemy gets us to change our focus from faith in the Lord to self-doubt, insecurity or even pride... weakness enters, and decay begins...

Let's get one thing straight, every part of the body is necessary! Just as God created us with no disposable parts so it is in the Kingdom. We were each designed with incredible purpose that helps the whole to operate at maximum productivity. YOU are not expendable or optional! Neither are any of the other parts. Don't ever compare your gifts or calling to anyone else's. They may not be able to do what you do and likewise you may not be able to do what they do. We need to appreciate our differences and realize just how special and specific God's design really is... each member doing its unique part in the body as we advance God's Kingdom together, arm in arm, all in one accord with no ulterior motives or selfish ambitions. Marching as one, in love, caring for each other's needs, encouraging, admonishing, and always pointing each other back to Jesus!

WE ARE the body of Christ! Don't criticize any other part of it and don't consider yourself to be less than essential! We need each other and we must appreciate God's work and the specific anointing He's placed on each of our lives. We are all different and that's what makes His body so wonderful!

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (TPT) Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 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, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.