1 Corinthians 12:12-28

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by^[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

¹⁵ Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴ while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸ And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

        When referring to a church sometimes it can be called a body. This can be taken very literally. God says that us, Christians, are apart of a body and that every one of us is important in different ways. Just like each different part of the body is important for different reasons. Each part is necessary for our body to function properly. We couldn't live without our eyes or our ears or anything else. God intended for everyone to use their own special talents in a special way. He didn't create two of you but only you. He intended for you to use your gifts to bring Him glory. Each one is important and each one is needed.
       We need to use our God given gifts to glorify Him and bring others closer to Him. Think about it this way. If we don't use our gifts for God is basically like we are denying other people from knowing God on a personal level. As a Christian we should always be prepared to share the gospel and what He means to us (1 Peter 3:15). God wants us to be the best we can be and He gave us the skills to do that but sometimes we don't pay attention and use them as He wanted us to. This is like telling Him that we don't think that He thought it was a good gift. Most people never take the time to consider that God has a plan for everything and that our spiritual gifts are ours for a reason. Each of our spiritual gifts are important for different purpose, they are all apart of a bigger picture, which we may never know until we are with Him.