We Are Not Clones!
(I Corinthians 12:14-25)
Cloning: the process of making an identical copy of something.
The Kingdom advocates unity which is harmony; a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. It does not advocate uniformity which is sameness; unvarying; always having the same form.
The Kingdom advocates unity which is harmony; a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. It does not advocate uniformity which is sameness; unvarying; always having the same form.
Obviously, this cloning process was not the Creator's design for His creation, man. We are not to be photocopies of each other. The structure of the human body was our first glimpse at the importance and necessity of diversity. As a norm, we have a head, legs, arms, fingers, toes, hands, a chest, a back, eyes, ears, a nose and a "back part," and then we have various internal parts of which each has a very definite and unique function. One can not say to the other "You aren't necessary."
When it comes to the "Body of Christ" or the Church, we seem to ignore the Creator's pattern in that, many of us want everybody to be like or to operate like us. I have often voiced the opinion that if everybody was like me that the world would not be at its best because even at my best I am limited in my knowledge and gifts and temperament. Therefore, our Heavenly Father had so much more insight than to make everybody like me, regardless to the wonderful specimen that I am.
Of course, I gravitate toward individuals who operate in the calling that I do or who like many of the same life experiences that I like, but I am not wired for boredom or censure. I love to discern the mind of God by observing and sharing the deposits that He has made in the various parts of His Body. That's what prevents and protects me from becoming territorial or "ingrown."
In some arenas you can easily observe some very obvious samples of this behavior. There are some Prophets who only speak of the "goodies" on the way, and then there are others who are always rebuking and speaking of doom and gloom. I grant you that all of it has its place, but they have developed their own little camps. You have to agree with them in order to be authentic while they don't seem to realize that they are only a small part of the Body which needs to endeavor to fit in with the whole. And then there is that camp who agrees with everything...yes today, and no tomorrow about the same subject. Similar camps are also set up among Musicians, Singers, Pastors, Preachers Evangelists, Apostles and Teachers. I am a viable spokesman for this dilemma because over the years God corrected me in so many areas that were okay for a season, but needed refining as time went on. One example was rebuking and focusing on darkness so much. The time came when God spoke to me that "The blessing is greater than the rebuke." When I began to correct my methods I began to see so many more positive results and deliverances.
I came to understand that I had to be flexible in the Spirit even with my appointed office as the Lord had the saints to tell me when I was being discipled. The Lord kept inviting me to "Follow on to know [Him]" as He reassured me that He would "kill all of my holy cows"...my ways of doing and seeing things. If you become set in concrete in the way that you handle your office or calling, you can become so "Gung Ho" until you limit your effectiveness in the Kingdom and expect everyone else to do it your way. But God always offers to show us "that more excellent way." Oh yes, every round goes higher. We don't take our freshmen and sophomore anointings into new dimensions. I don't have to scream at demons all night the way that I did years ago, and neither do I expect God to use everybody in the same manner that He uses me. He is too unique for that.
When the Lord assigned me to address this error of cloning, He said to inform His people that "You Are Not Clones!" and then reminded me of I Corinthians 12:14-25 KJV "For the body is not one member, but many. 15) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; Is it therefore not of the body? 17) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing, where were the smelling? 18) But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19) And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20) But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21) And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22) Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary. 23) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24) For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: 25) That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
"Religion calls uniformity unity. In the Kingdom unity requires diversity . In united diversity we find complimentary strength, and the unusual ability to excel in creativity." Pastor Bill Johnson/Bethel Church, Redding, CA.
If you agree with this word please challenge yourself to share it with your friends, families, colleagues, associates, members, co-workers, mentees and co-laborers in the Kingdom.
WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!! (see Psalm 139:14)
When the Lord assigned me to address this error of cloning, He said to inform His people that "You Are Not Clones!" and then reminded me of I Corinthians 12:14-25 KJV "For the body is not one member, but many. 15) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16) And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; Is it therefore not of the body? 17) If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing, where were the smelling? 18) But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19) And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20) But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21) And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22) Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary. 23) And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24) For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: 25) That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
"Religion calls uniformity unity. In the Kingdom unity requires diversity . In united diversity we find complimentary strength, and the unusual ability to excel in creativity." Pastor Bill Johnson/Bethel Church, Redding, CA.
If you agree with this word please challenge yourself to share it with your friends, families, colleagues, associates, members, co-workers, mentees and co-laborers in the Kingdom.
WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE!! (see Psalm 139:14)
