Then the ear says, "I hear a whistle coming from behind us." The eye argues, "But nothing is on the track as far as I can see. Let's keep on walking." The body listens only to the eye and keeps on walking. Soon the ear says, "That whistle is getting louder and closer!" Then the feet say, "I feel the vibration of a train coming. We'd better get our body off these tracks!" If this were your body, what would you do?
- Would you try to ignore the conflict between the body parts and hope it passed?
- Would you take a vote of all your body members, and let the majority rule?
- Would you trust your eyes and keep on walking since sight is an extremely important sense?
No - you would get off the train tracks. God gave our bodies many different senses and parts. When each part does its job and when each part pays proper attention to the others, the whole body works the way it should.
A church is the body of Christ. It functions best when all of its members are able to share what they sense God is doing and saying. Members of a congregation can't fully know God's will for their lives apart from the testimony of other members. A church needs to hear the whole counsel of God through its members. Then it can proceed in confidence and unity to do God's will."
Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Claude King
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