One Size Does Not Fit All

Romans 12:4-6 Each one of us has one body, and that body has many parts. These parts don’t all do the same thing. In the same way, we are many people, but in Christ we are all one body. We are the parts of that body, and each part belongs to all the others. We all have different gifts. Each gift came because of the grace God gave us.

I think we’ve all had the exceedingly frustrating experience of dealing with a call centre – bank, utility, insurance company, whatever – where the operator simply can’t help us. It drives you nuts, doesn’t it?

Generally, it’s not the operator’s fault. The company’s given them strict parameters within which to work, and inevitably built these rigid computer systems that fence them in. Now, when you think about that, the source of our frustration is this kind of one-size-fits-all approach imposed by the companies themselves.

And yet, let’s be honest, isn’t that often how we treat those around us, by demanding that they dance to our tune; by walling them in through our narrow, blinkered perspective?

How often have you expected someone to see things your way and been annoyed at them when they either couldn’t or wouldn’t, hmm? The plain facts of the matter are these: that God’s created each one of us differently, and so we’re going to see things from different perspectives. I know we know that, at least in theory, but it can still drive us nuts in practice.

Romans 12:4-6 Each one of us has one body, and that body has many parts. These parts don’t all do the same thing. In the same way, we are many people, but in Christ we are all one body. We are the parts of that body, and each part belongs to all the others. We all have different gifts. Each gift came because of the grace God gave us.

Please, don’t be annoyed with people because they’re different to you. After all, that’s the way God always planned it and we each belong to the other.

That’s His Word. Fresh … for you … today.