“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.”
The Comparison
Paul names as it hath pleased him here, worth examining directly, this specific placement, whatever role or position you actually occupy, named as genuinely, deliberately chosen by God himself, worth holding as needed correction against whatever comparison has made your own placement feel arbitrary or unfairly, comparatively lesser.
This is worth applying to whatever position or role currently, honestly tempts your own comparison, worth considering that this verse’s own larger context, the body with its many, different members, insists every different placement is genuinely, deliberately purposeful, not accidentally, unfairly assigned.
Notice hath pleased him, worth holding as genuine, positive language, this placement not merely tolerated or arbitrary, but this described, actual pleasure, worth examining whether receiving your own current role this way, as genuinely pleasing to God, might reshape your own comparative dissatisfaction.
Consider today your own actual role or position, whatever currently tempts your own comparison, and receive it as this verse describes, deliberately placed, as it hath pleased him, worth practicing this reframe as genuine antidote to whatever comparative dissatisfaction this whole book has been honestly addressing.
Choose Contentment
- Consider your own current role or position as deliberately placed, not arbitrarily, unfairly assigned.
- Receive this placement as genuinely pleasing to God, not merely tolerated or comparatively lesser.
- Practice this reframe today specifically regarding whatever role currently tempts your own comparison.
Prayer
Lord, you have set my own place in the body as it hath pleased you. Let me receive this placement as genuinely, deliberately purposeful, not arbitrary or comparatively lesser. Amen.
Carry this today
Your own placement is deliberately, genuinely pleasing to God, not arbitrary or comparatively lesser.