The Hands and Feet of Christ
Usually when we think about the hands and feet of Christ, we think of nail piercings. While this is an important element of of the gospel story, that Jesus was nailed to a cross on our behalf, there is also another way of thinking about the hands and feet of Christ. As the apostle Paul was writing to the church in Corinth he reminded them that as members of the "body of Christ" they have been given spiritual gifts which could be symbolically associated with the physical body. In other words, in the body of Christ, some of us serve as His hands and some of us serve as His feet and some of us serve as His eyes and some of us serve as His........armpits. I hope I'm not one of those! Anyway, one other angle in which to think about the hands and feet of Christ is in the way that our team is ministering to the poor and downcast here in Porto Alegre this week. Jesus is using us as if we were His feet, walking into the favelas (slums) where most Americanos have absolutely no desire to go. Jesus is using us as if we were His hands, hugging and holding these precious souls for whom Christ died. It is a privilege to be able to minister in the name of Christ here in Brazil this week. We are blessed to be able to serve alongside of some of God's holy commandos here in Porto Alegre. The pastors and their wives who have devoted their lives to reaching out to the poorest of the poor in this beautiful city. No doubt, their rewards in heaven will be great. I hope that one day I can attain to the type of faith that they put on display day in and day out, trusting God to supply for the needs of their churches!
Post written by Pastor Thomas Loman
Post written by Pastor Thomas Loman
Posted by Thomas Loman at 7/13/2010 4:05 PM 
Categories: Mission Trip Updates
Tags: missional homeless Jesus hunger Latin America Brazil world hunger whole Gospel Living Bread missions world missions poor and needy South America world poverty feeding ministry
Categories: Mission Trip Updates
Tags: missional homeless Jesus hunger Latin America Brazil world hunger whole Gospel Living Bread missions world missions poor and needy South America world poverty feeding ministry
Thanks so much for your story about the hands and feet of Christ. The VBS kids one year sang the song "A Sermon in Shoes". How true! May we be the Sermon in Shoes that He wants us to be.
Vergie Thompson, Salisbury NC
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