- Luke 9:25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
Today I will deliver a message about ‘the value of your body and body parts.’ All of you are living your lives with a body, right? And you possess ’body parts’ such as the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, hands, and feet, right? Each of these body parts has its respective ‘talents and abilities.’ Some people have highly developed hands and so have great ‘hand abilities’ and shine by making a variety of things with their hands. Some people have ‘great speaking abilities’ so they make money, gain fame with their words and live with glory as a result of that. Some people have great ‘feet abilities’ so they enjoy fame and wealth through soccer, become world famous, and soar. In this way, people become world famous with even ‘one body part.’
[News] anchors show their abilities through just one thing, their ‘mouths,’ and through that, even their bodies and faces shine and even receive glory as a result of that. Soccer players show their abilities with their ‘talented feet’ and make even their bodies and faces shine and even receive glory through that. Everyone has ‘individual body parts.’ And each person has ‘talents and abilities that come with them.’ Even though people can make their wishes come true and solve their problems with the talents, specialties, and abilities that they possess, they are unable to do that because they don’t know what the talents and abilities of their body parts are.
Each person possesses ‘materials for success.’ Where are those materials, you ask? They are hidden in ‘their individual body parts.’ However, even if you possess them, you will not know if you don’t use them. Even if you possess talented feet, you will know it only if you use ‘your feet.’ Even if you possess talented hands, you will know it only if you use ‘your hands.’ Even if you possess talent for speaking, you will know it only if you ‘speak.’ You will gain even talents you did not possess if you keep studying and doing them. So is it right for you to end without using even talents you already possess? Even if a person uses just one of his body parts well, he will become a world famous person. Therefore, I urge you to develop your individual body parts. Don’t blame your body or your looks. Instead, keep developing and making your individual body parts and also develop and make your thoughts spiritually. If you do that, even your face and body will look different, even your life will change and you will even gain glory as a result of that.
The Almighty God created ‘our bodies’ for us so that we would use it to eat, use, and enjoy for a lifetime. If you raise and manage that body well, develop it according to God’s Will, and live while also developing your brain and thoughts spiritually, you will do well and prosper for your entire lifetime. However, people don’t develop themselves even though they already possess [talents and abilities] and then blame their bodies and grieve.
Your body is like ‘money.’ Just as you travel comfortably by buying a car with money, just as you live comfortably by buying a house with money, with your own body you can do everything. With one body, you can do everything. If your body meets with ‘the mind and thoughts that are united with the Lord,’ you can do everything. By your body taking action, you make your wishes come true and by your body taking action, you even receive and enjoy glory. By your body listening to and taking action on the Lord’s Word, you rapture your spirit and let it go to Heaven. All are done by ‘the body.’ I bless you to realize about the body, use it valuably, and be used valuably by Heaven. With this precious body, before it gets old, you should make your dreams come true, make your wishes come true, achieve your goals, receive blessings, receive glory, and while living with God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord, you should live on fire with love! So I hope that all of you will now live beautifully with your precious bodies!
God surely listens to ‘the petitions of those who make God’s Will become reality,’ and when the time comes, He will give [what they asked for] in ways that are appropriate to the circumstances and situations. Whatever you have done for Gods’ Will becomes ‘righteousness,’ that righteousness becomes wings, and so let your body, your life, and your spirit fly and shine. You have to attach the wings of righteousness, the wings of the Word, and the wings of love. Only then will you go all the way to Heaven. Like pigeons scavenging around looking for food, you have to find the work you should do and do them. And as you keep studying, developing, and making yourself, you have to nurture your talents and abilities. Don’t let your ‘body’ be idle and don’t let your ‘thoughts’ be idle either! At first, you have to do any work so you can get things started even if it is small work. In the course of doing that, you will find the work you should do. The things that should be done are ‘treasures.’ These treasures are strewn around everywhere. However, they ‘belong to those who find them.’
In the world too: Are there people in the world who succeed for nothing? [No.] They go around looking for things to succeed at, and start by lighting them ignition to something. Then they go through hardships for a few years or a few dozens of years. Then they become a master in that area and settle in. They become ‘people of ability’ as much as they have taken action. A talented person is not ‘born’ but ‘made.’ The body is one but the parts of the body are many. Each individual body part’ such as the eyes, nose, ears, mouth, hands, arms, legs, etc., all have different shapes and forms and have different functions.
Therefore, when you look at people’s individual body parts, every body part has ‘its own beauty, inspiration, and wonder.’ Just as people possess a variety of body parts, if you take action on a variety of things with one body, its form and beauty give totally different feelings and inspiration, and lets you fulfill and enjoy a variety of hope.
You should do things in this way in the world of faith too. It is with your body that you develop individual body parts and take action with them, do a variety of things with your one body and let people feel various different beauty, feeling, and inspiration, and let yourself achieve a variety of hope and enjoy it.