So, a few years back, I'm doing a thousand piece jigsaw puzzle that my daughter Karianna gave me. It's a lovely painting of a mommy and daddy fishing with their little girl in a beautiful, rustic setting. As I'm working on it, the Holy Spirit begins to speak to me, to reveal things to me, to awaken my understanding to some truth -  something He does so well and I hope He continues to do whenever He pleases.

He showed me the Body of Christ is like a giant Jigsaw puzzle,  and a huge problem today is pieces in the wrong place. First of all, if you are not where you should be,  doing what you should be doing, you'll be really uncomfortable, discontented, irritable, you just won't be happy till you're connected perfectly with those around you-  touching them and being touched by them - no piece is alone! This is a major function of Apostles and Prophets-  to establish people in the anointing,  gifts and calling God has placed on and in them, and release them to operate fully as who they're supposed to be.  

While putting the pieces together, i couldn't tell what the picture would end up looking like -  it was much, much easier if I looked at the complete picture as I was laboring to place each piece where it belonged. So it is with us. If we want to know where each of us belongs, we must keep our eye on the "Big Picture" - we must look at Christ Himself.    Found within Him is each and every one of us, and when we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, when we grow up into him in all things, fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies - then we'll step back and see Jesus,  for He is the most beautiful face and the most beautiful picture any of us will ever see and I'll tell you this - some of those pieces did not seem like they belonged together- they did not look like they should be together- but they fit perfectly with one another. Some churches use man's wisdom to try to "fitly join together" the members of the Body of Christ. This is a shame and causes many to be put where they do not belong. Churches stick singles together and teens with teens and young married couples in another -  and it all sounds so logical and it all appeals to soulish wisdom but it isn't God's wisdom, no, not at all.

He might put a young, single man or woman with a family. He might put an older, retired couple with a young, newly wed couple.  He may put a homeless man with a rich man, and on and on. If we'd only let Him have His way (His ways are not our ways), then Church might look vastly different from what we've known.  He might form the unlikeliest of relationships and friendships,  in His Body - How wonderful! In Him, a black family might become life-long friends with a white family- He doesn't see our flesh or our outward appearance- He sees our hearts, and He's far more likely to put younger and older people together,  pairing mature with immature apostles or prophets, evangelists with evangelists, pastors with pastors, teachers with those who will in turn teach others. Imagine five seperate services happening at the same time each time we meet. So, we being many, are one body in Christ,  and everyone members one of another.  So, we being many pieces of the puzzle form the complete picture of Christ-  once we join together in perfect unity, no one piece standing out, lording it over the others, but each piece realizing it is nothing without the other pieces,  worldwide, that they all may be one, as You Father are in Christ,  and Christ is in Thee, that we may be one, framing a complete picture of You in us, that the world might believe.  What will be the greatest fruit of this kind of unity? Of every piece of the puzzle being where they belong? The world will finally see Christ, as He truly is! In us! The glory of the Father! And they'll believe Christ is of God, not a man-made religion,  organized and founded by men, oh hallelujah! The unity the Holy Spirit brings is the greatest witness the world will ever see, for it cannot be found anywhere else. True peace can only be found in the Prince of Peace, Amen! We must connect the Christ in each other to fit the way we should. Selah.