Fitting Into the Body

While I was living in Albania, I knew not only that God had brought me there, but that I was also serving him there. I knew my role as a missionary & as a member of the growing body of Christ in the Kenet. I had a very defined role in God’s kingdom building work. But since returning to the States, I have been struggling with my role in the church – not in the physical building sense of the word church but in the God’s kingdom sense of the word church.

As I look around I see many people who are plugged in and know exactly what God is asking them to do. I see many people serving God in ways God has asked them. I see all these people who are living out what seem to me to be very defined roles God has chosen just for them to help build others up in his family & bring others into his family.

But me? I’ve been struggling to figure out where exactly I fit into God’s plan here in America. I know he has called me back here for a purpose. I know what that purpose is. But it is a purpose that won’t be reached right away. I haven’t figured out God’s purpose on my life in this moment, in this season of life. While it appears everyone else has arrived at their destination and I am simply en route taking the most scenic route possible, I must constantly remind myself that though I may not know exactly how or where I fit in yet, I am still part of God’s body.

If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. –1 Corinthians 12:15

I might not be a foot. I might not be a hand. I might not be an eye. I might not be a nose. I might not know what I am exactly but I do know I am God’s therefore I am part of his body. And because I am part of his body, he will use me. And who knows, maybe he is molding me into a new body part – something I’ve never been or done before and this is the time I need to be trying new things and breaking out of molds, labels and boxes I have covered myself with.

But if there is one thing I know about God is that he is faithful and true. And he has brought me here for a purpose because he has arranged, designed & grown his body of believers exactly how he wants them – including me.