September 21, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

An Injured Toe

Have you ever injured your little toe? A good friend of mine did this last week. He hit his little toe against a door while walking through his home’s hallway during the night. He told me it hurt so bad he could not walk on that foot for a while—he thought his toe might be broken.

This is not new news or any news at all except for the fact the Lord spoke to him after the ‘toe-crunching’ event, saying, “Even the least of these—the smallest body part has as much importance, often more than any other part of the body.”

The Lord taught my friend the need for the whole body in taking care of all parts of the body no matter their importance, size, or beauty. My friend, Dave, began realizing the significance of “body”—his injured toe meant he could not walk without a limp. His whole body was being directed by his little toe.

It is worthy to note that Dave began to walk without a limp, without favoring his other foot, only after 3 days. His body was directed to protect and heal the one injured part—his small toe. As the Scripture states in I Corinthians chapter 12, particularly verses 14 -26, “ as one member of the Body suffers, all the members suffer with it.”

Dave’s bodily functions were directed to take care of that little toe—more blood was sent to heal the injured members; all other members were directed by the nerves to change how to move and how to protect the toe. His body had one purpose—“take care of the little guy!”

If only we would take notice of the natural things in this life so we can be spiritual and do the will of God. As Jesus said, “Even as you did kindness and helpfulness to the least of these, you did this unto me” Matthew 25: 45.

Let’s not allow pride or self-induced thinking to control what we do by overriding Scripture—the very words of Christ. We are to give honor to the weaker members of the Body of Christ. We are to take care of those who cannot take care of themselves. We are to do what is right, Christ being our example.

I am reminded of an experience in God I had years ago when God spoke to me to take care of countless people He had or was going to bring into my life. I asked God, “But God, who is going to take care of me?” God immediately replied back to me, “I will.”

If we do not love even the least members in the Body of Christ, we cannot say we love God. Without love, God says, “I never knew you!”

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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