Rollin' Eyeballs

Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be 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 cease to be 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 arranged 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 combined the members of the body and has given 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. 1 Corinthians 12:14-26

Every person that walks into church is a different part of the body of Christ. Some of us are eyes, some are hands, some are the head, some are the feet.

What happens if these body parts never work together as one body? What happens if the people never come together in relationships to support one another and move forward together?

It's like a single eyeball that rolls into church, watches the Sunday service, and then the eyeball rolls out of church again without ever touching another body part. It's like an ear that comes just to listen to the sermon, or lips that only showed up so they could sing, and then each part leaves on its own again.

Sure, each body part and each person might get something from the Sunday service but the experience is so limited. We need those other parts and those other people to really grow and to really accomplish something meaningful.