The head of the church/Day 6

One of my favorite phrases in the bible is this: "And God placed all things under his feet." 

To me me that is the ultimate boss move. It shows God's power over all things. It help me understand the significance up God and the insignificance of so many other things. 

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to the head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. 

(Ephesians 1:22-23)

With God being head over everything, that means he is head over the church. Oftentimes I feel like we let other things dictate that. I think in our minds we all have an idea of what we want church to be like each Sunday. Sometimes we don't like the music. Sometimes the sermon might not be great. Sometimes you might not agree with church leadership, etc. 

I don't really understand why we forget this, but Christ is head over all those things. The church is Christ. It't not God's fault if there is something about our church's that we struggle with.

Fullness refers to Christ filling the church with gifts and blessings. The church should be the full expression of Christ, who himself fills everything. The book of Ephesians was primarily written to the entire church, not just an individual. 

The imagine of the body shows the church's unity. Each member is involved with all the others as they go about doing Christ's work on earth. We should not attempt to work, serve, or worship merely on our own. We need the entire body. 

I encourage you to remember that Christ is the ultimate head of the church and that as a body, we must all work together to go about doing Christ's work.

Day 6: Dear heavenly Father, thank you for a great nights sleep last night! Sleep is an amazing thing. I pray specially today for the church. The church has really had to step up the past couple months and it's been cool to see. I pray that all members of the body continue to work together for the purpose of doing Christ's work. I specifically pray that there is no division in the church either. I pray that we continue to understand that Christ is the head of the church and that God has placed everything under his feet.