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I Am His Hands Today's Devotional Read: 1 Corinthians :–21 | Bible in a Year: Amos 1–3; Revelation 6 The eye cannot say the hand, “I don’t need you!” 1 Corinthians :21 Jia Haixia lost his sight in the year 2000. His friend Jia Wenqi lost his arms as a . But they’ve found a way around their disabilities. “I am his hands and he is my eyes,” Haixia says. Together, they’re transforming their village in China. Since 2002 the friends have been a mission regenerate a wasteland near their home. Each day Haixia climbs Wenqi’s back cross a river the site. Wenqi then “hands” Haixia a shovel with his foot, before Haixia places a pail a pole between Wenqi’s cheek and shoulder. And as one digs and the other waters, the two plant trees—more than 10,000 so far. “Working together, we don’t feel disabled at all,” Haixia says. “We’re a team.” The apostle Paul likens the church to a body, each part needing the other to function. If the church were all eyes, there’d be no hearing; if all ears, there’d be no sense of smell (1 Corinthians :–). “The eye cannot say the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ ” Paul says (v. 21). Each of us plays a role in the church based on our spiritual gifts (vv. 7–11, 18. Like Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi, when we combine our strengths, we can bring change the world. Two men combining their abilities regenerate a wasteland. What a picture of the church in action! Based on your spiritual gifts, what part do you in the body of Christ? How are you joining with others fulfill His mission? Holy Spirit, thank You for giving spiritual gifts and arranging in a body where I’m needed. 
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