If We Are the Body

Listen to the words in the chorus of this contemporary Christian song written by Casting Crowns: “But if we are the Body, Why aren't His arms reaching, Why aren't His hands healing, Why aren't His words teaching, And if we are the Body, Why aren't His feet going, Why is His love not showing them there is a way, There is a way”

I do not personally listen to contemporary Christian music, but I do remember hearing this song sometime in my life. These words cause me to think about my Christian walks of life and ask, “Am I doing enough?” The apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesian church that, “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” If we are the body, why aren’t His arms reaching out to the poor and lost of this world? If we are the body, why aren’t His hands healing because if we petition God, He hears our prayers? If we are the body, why aren’t His words teaching then who will hear the words of by which we may be saved. Ife we are the body, why aren’t His feet going to spread the gospel?

If we are the body, we are to reach out to the lost and dying world around us. If we are the body, we should be praying for the sick to be restored back to their most wanted health. If we are the body, we should be teaching the words of Christ to all those as we have opportunity. If we are the body, we have a responsibility to go to the lost of this world to teaching them the gospel. If we are the body, we should love one another in a way to give others an example of how Christ would love us, and how He would want us to live. The words in this song are powerful in meaning. These words ought to be a reminder of our responsibility to God, and to the lost of this world.