“From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” (Ephesians 4:16)

In Christ it doesn’t matter where we come from or what is our background.  From high society to low society we are part of a family, and each one of us cannot live without the other.

I love getting together with people from all denominational backgrounds. I have friends all over the world and from many varied backgrounds.

What I have come to understand is that not too many of us think the same way, but when we are in Holy Spirit, grafted into the Vine, differences do not amount to much.

Each one of us is part of a bigger organism.  We are part of the body of Christ.

The hand can’t say to the head that “I don’t need you” because that would be foolish.  Your itchy face needs a finger to scratch it now and then J

I might minister in a very poor community today, be with a bunch of rich people tomorrow and with the middle class the day after.  What I have noticed about every person that I have met is that they are human and desire a touch of the supernatural.

Those that are drawn to my life often want to see the things that I have seen. They believe they can do that by reaching into and through my life.

If I can help them in any way at all, it is by suggesting to them that God wants to talk to them as much as He wants to talk to me.  I try to show them the normality of the exercise.

People in every walk of life have come to me: sports stars, government folks, scientists and people on welfare.  They have come to me to hear about how God operates in and through my life because they see that something is real about the way I interact with Him.

Very rarely do I hear people ask me about my theology when they come my way.  They usually ask me what it is like to experience a vision or a dream.

They want to know what seeing heaven or an angel or Jesus is like.  They want to know what experiencing a miracle or a healing is like, so I just tell them. Or better still, show them!

And it is not just that the body needs what I have to offer.  I need the body as well. God’s people bless me as much as I bless them.

I love going into a place where folks are starving for the Lord and want to ask me a thousand questions.  It is not just about me in that moment.  It is about us coming together for something greater than ourselves.

We each have a part to this great work.  The person who spends 100 hours working with a very distraught soul to set them free is just as important as the person who leads a thousand to the Lord.

We don’t know what people will accomplish with their lives.  We have to respect the work of each part of the body.

One denominational skin will not work to lead all mankind to Christ.  There have to be many perforations within this organism so that the oil of the spirit can pour into every part.

One kind of preaching does not suit every hungry heart.  People will want to see themselves in the person in front of them and not everybody can see themselves in me, or you.

And then the number of souls in the earth is so large that it is impossible for any one group to reach them all.  Together we will accomplish this task.

God will move in our lives in the body in such a way that the work that we are to do will get done, not one of us alone, but all of us together.

I pray that you too will see the marvelous organism that is the body of Christ.