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The Eyes Have IT
State fair is going on and it always reminds me of one great thing: It’s marching band season.
Last week was Band Day at the State Fair and our Elwood Mighty Marching Panther Band placed 24th!
They’ve been in the top 25 bands for In marching band, the students march in specific formations to a specific rhythm using steps a specific size for a specific number of counts to get from frame to frame.
The effect we see is an organic movement of shapes on the football field.
The students also have to play memorized music at the same time.
On top of that, they have to aim to use the same style of step, point their instruments a certain way so that they’re as uniform as they can be, and keep their eyes on the drum major.
The drum major keeps everyone together by indicating with a hand pattern what beat the band should be on at any given time.
It would be easy to think that the drum major is the single most important person in the band.
Hold that thought.
The Ohio State University has one of the most organized marching bands in the nation right now.
They march 192 every week.
The make-up is very specific, too.
It has:
12 E-flat Cornets
51 B-flat Trumpets
21 Flugelhorns
28 Mellophones
21 Trombones
7 Bass Trombones
28 Baritone Horns
28 Sousaphones
14 Snare Drums
6 Tenor Drums
6 Bass Drums
6 Pairs of Cymbals
Out of that many people on the field, it would be hard to miss one, wouldn’t it?
How about now?
Who ever knows about college marching bands or even college football traditions also knows that the dotting of the I is a tradition.
But that really shows the difference one person in the sea of 16 dozen students makes.
That one letter, “I”, is completely changed in the context of time.
I see a lot of similarities between this marching band and the body of Christ.
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Each member is important,
Isn’t that word pretty powerful today?
“I?”
We just sang “I love you Lord.”
Open the eyes of My heart.
It’s about me me me.
The kind of help books you see are do it “self-help” books…do it yourSELF, or looking out for Number 1.
The Bible says differently.
Let me explain.
2. Each person is put there by design,
3.
No one can do the whole task on their own.
Isn’t that word pretty powerful today?
“I?”
We just sang “I love you Lord.”
Open the eyes of My heart.
It’s about me me me.
What if we changed those lyrics to “We love you Lord”, open the eyes of our hearts, or even Revive us.
Open the eyes of their hearts, Revive Them?
The kind of help books you see are do it “self-help” books…do it yourSELF, or looking out for Number 1.
The Bible says differently.
Let me explain.
Someone asked me last week, “what does it mean when someone says ‘I believe in God but don’t believe in religion?’”
My first thought was, “Being a Christian isn’t following a religion, it’s a relationship.
That’s true.
We can understand that Christianity comprises of a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus.
If we think of it this way, then we are not practicing a religion, but rather following the Way, the Truth, and the Life upon which we place our trust, faith, and hope.
I don’t think that’s what the person meant by “don’t believe in religion,” though.
I believe that they were referring to the notion that the personal relationship with God is the ONLY relationship they need.
In other words, they don’t need to be a part of a church (organized religion) to be obedient to God.
Paul addresses this in 1 Corinthians 12:14-21.
Starting with Verse 14:
14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.16
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.17
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be?
If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!”
And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
How many have you heard this before?
Tap the Amen button if you have!
I have, too, and recently.
However having been asked that question, I felt the need to dive in a little deeper.
What I found is that this analogy as people being parts of the body was used in a completely different way in ancient society.
It was used more to “Put people in their places” within the social system.
This analogy was used to keep people from rebelling against their superiors.
Paul did the opposite.
Instead of focusing on a heirarchy of body parts, he goes on to tell us how:
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Each member is important,
2. Each person is put there by design,
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No one can do the whole task on their own.
Just like the marching band earlier.
Let’s just track the eye through this Scripture.
V. 16: And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
Of course the answer this is “no” because we’re all important in the Body of Christ.
We can’t all be _____s.
Then only one part of God’s mission would get done!
We can’t rely on people who have this one spiritual gift to do all the work of the church.
If we go on to verse 17, Paul continues:
V. 17 If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear?
Imagine if everyone on the field tried to dot the “I” at once.
There would be no “I” there to dot! Or what if everyone just tried to be the letter I on the field.
It wouldn’t really be recognizable as “Ohio,” would it?
Of course, I’m not trying to be insensitive to those who cannot hear or see well, but think about how the body functions as a whole.
Without eyes, other things would have to step up and perform the function of the eyes.
We would maybe have to rely more heavily on our ears or our sense of touch to get around safely.
We may need tools to enhance our vision if our eyes don’t function 100%.
But, the idea of “seeing” what’s ahead plays a vital role in keeping our own bodies safe.
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