Landfills and Nursery Workers

Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Why is it that we view certain jobs greater than others? We see the doctor, engineer and other careers more respectable than maybe those of the McDonald's worker or the hole digger. Because of society and they way we are raised we see certain jobs lower or higher than some.

Think for a moment of the position of a doctor. Let's take into account the heart surgeon. He/She opens the body and begin work on the heart. They take tools and pry open the chest, take tools and remove blocked arteries and go throughout the leg and find replacement parts. After the procedure is completed all praise and glory (even paycheck, which I am not complaining) goes to this surgeon. But if it were not for the ones who placed them under anesthesia this could not be done. If not for the ones who stand beside the doctor and assist in preparing the room and every tool used, this procedure couldn't be successful. We may not hear of the assistants. Those who have come in and sterilized the room after a surgery in order to prepare for the next patient may never be known by name.

I see this everyday! A few examples are: The CEO seems above the employee, the employee above the one who works in the copy room, the copier man above the copy machine repairman, the copy machine repairman above the garbage man who picked the machine up on the curb, the garbage man above the landfill worker, the landfill worker above the McDonald's cashier, the cashier above the fry cook, etc... When all these are positions and jobs. Without all of these positions, we could never accomplish the tasks that need to be done.

Don't let this bleed over into the church. Pastors seem above Deacons, Deacons above members, members above the lost...? We are the BODY of Christ. We should realize that not all preach and not all work in the Nursery, but ALL are a part of the body of Christ. What we really need in the body of Christ today is less mouths and more hands and feet.