If We are the Body

We had an assignment in lit to write down what this song means and I love this song!! I don't really think about the words, though. And, as I was reading it, it really hit me hard that this is how we should act! We are called to be God's "salt and light" and his disciples. We are supposed to represent him. Yet, we gossip and avoid people that are "different" than us. But really, we are all made in God's own image and we are the same in that aspect. Christ spent his time on earth with tax collectors, prostitutes, and beggars. So, for us to always stay with our same group of friends in our little world, where we are so blessed with so much, and ignore those around us, we are not representing Christ. He calls us to be an example of him in everything we do. I pray that we would all do a better job of being salt and light for our amazing Savior.

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

Chorus (2x)
If we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus is the way

If you get a chance, I would challenge you to go look this video us on youtube. Just listen to the song and think about the words. Really think about them. Is this what your life looks like? Are you the person with the teasing laughter or the judgemental glances? Let God work in your life and use you to welcome people into the Kingdom of God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUqCbZ6Seuo