I feel so insignificant in what I do for God. I work the nursery in my church and help in some other small ways. Am I not doing enough or is my understanding of the Bible incorrect?
Not everyone in the body of Christ is going to be able to be in the forefront, but everyone in the body of Christ is important regardless of what they do. In comparison, the Bible teaches us that we are like the human body with every part of the Christian body having an important function.
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ…. For in fact the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body” is it therefore not of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body…. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
(1 Cor. 12:12, 14-20, 27 NKJV)
God has placed you in the body as He pleases. As long as God isn’t dealing with you to do something more for Him, you can rest assured that you are significant and accepted by God because you are doing what He wants you to do.
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Joe Cameneti Sr. is the lead pastor of Believers Church, located in his hometown of Warren, Ohio. Pastor Joe, along with his wife Gina, pioneered Believers Church in 1983 following his graduation from Bible School.
In addition to leading a thriving local church, Pastor Joe is the host of a weekly show called "BCTV." The program is aired locally on WFMJ, the NBC affiliate, reaching thousands weekly.
Pastor Joe is a gifted communicator, skilled in the art of building bridges to unchurched America. Transparent and authentic, you'll walk away challenged and encouraged to connect with God in a deeper way.
