April 6

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another. — Rom 12:4-5 BSB

Sometimes our communion with God is interrupted because of something wrong between us and another believer or a lack of unity in the body of Christ. We try to reach out to the Lord, but we can’t because we’re separated from some part of His body, or the freedom of His love isn't flowing through every part.

It doesn’t take a blow to the head to paralyze the brain; a blow to a nerve or a wound in an artery can be just as fatal to the heart. In the same way, we must be in right standing with all His children and experience the fullest fellowship within the body of Christ if we want to maintain perfect communion with Christ Himself.

Sometimes, simply changing our attitude toward another believer will bring us into the flood of the Holy Spirit. It seems impossible to have faith without love, or to experience Christ fully without deep fellowship with all His dear saints. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one rejoices, all are blessed together.