Role Play...Action!

It is vital to know your role...

This past weekend, I played a game of "Celebrity Charades." It's fun! You should try it...

With a bowl full of folded pieces of paper with famous people's names on written on them, you pick one and describe to your teammates who the "celeb" is with as many words as you want. (No "rhymes with" or "sounds like..." of course ;))  In round two you can use only one word to describe! (More difficult.) And by the time round three rolls around you can use actions only to get your teammates guessing correctly. It's tough! I noticed that you've really gotta "know your role." If you don't know who the person on your piece of paper is, it feels almost impossible to help your teammates get on track. You start looking crazy...trust me. ;)

So this all comes to mind tonight because I am looking into "The Body of Christ." Isn't it important to know your role here too? Isn't it of value to the rest of your teammates, if you know your part?

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.


Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. -Ephesians 4:11-16

What if you don't know your "work" or your "role"? What if you're afraid of what it consists of? We must let go of fear and embrace our design. We must play our roles- for the sake of the body. For the cause of Christ.

Do my actions, words, thoughts and attitudes give life and bring forth truth and encouragement? In my daily walk, do I build up or tear down? Do I bring life to the table? Do I come with answers and ideas or complaints? Do I come ready and eager to work or do I come lazy and annoyed and passive? What is my approach with people- especially other people who are a part of the body of Christ? Am I inviting? Am I "in love?"


By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” -John 13:35

How's my joking? How's my reaction to course jokes? Where is my focus?



These questions are good. After Ephesians 4 comes Ephesians 5, go figure, which says in verse 1: "Be imitators of God!"

Ever spend so much time around someone you start acting like them? It's not like your faking it, they just rub off on you...there is an influence...they have an impact on you. God doesn't just sort of rub off on me, he changes me. He goes deep and fixes and re-arranges and heals and renews and there is a byproduct of light.


When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” -John 8:12

Something to think about today.

Grace Joy-