The Ever Moving Body

Being the physical specimen that I am, it is nothing to observe me limping, hobbling, and any other pain stricken state I may obtain. This past week I went around the area using a posture of what could have easily had me recognized with a man three times my age. My back pain has always held me back in many ways. This time; however, the thoughts reflected on my pain got me pondering other aspects of life. See my pain was really only a small portion of my back, yet it effected everything about me. I could walk on a good day. Bending over became a regretful challenge. Also simple things like putting on clothes and sitting down in a chair required well thought out itinerary to accomplish. Simply put, the small region of my problem affected my entirety.
Thinking about the modern church, I feel somewhere in the history of the Church a error has cause a great loss to occur. Somewhere along the lines the defining of the Church has gotten wrapped in the mentality of a brick structure of a building than the Christ headed structure of a body. Though many understand this and consider it oh so elementary, I can't help but to reflect on the notion that its simplicity has caused it to be overlooked and undervalued. When we gather in something rather than gather because of someone, we lose the essential hinge that binds us together. It is easy for me to occupy a time slot; it takes everything for me to step up and function in the role God has placed me in. This has an impact on drive to me missional aspiring to go make disciples of every tribe, tongue, and nation. To lose an eye on the function of the Church is to lose the Glocal mentality God compels us to obey.
Paul stated it like this to the Corinthians, "For the Body is not one member, but many. If the foot says,"Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has places the members, each one of the them, in the body, just as He desired...And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are Christ's Body, and individually members of it."
Let us aspire to serve the function God has called us to. Pondering that we are called to function like a body, and not get wrapped in the mentality of associating the Church with a building by rather the Body of Christ.