I'm a brick, you're a brick, let's get together and be a wall!

[I found a draft I meant to post when I was still writing about our Bible studies in Ephesians. Click here http://whataboutgrace.blogspot.com/2009/03/excited-by-roadkill.html to see the last one I'd written]

"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit" (Ephesians 2:19-22).

We were going through Ephesians last night, and I was struck by how cool an analogy it is that we're all built together as a building. Used to visualizing things, I immediately pictured myself as a brick, which led to some interesting observations.

To point out the obvious: A brick by itself is just a brick. A brick needs other bricks to become a wall. And when one is a wall, one cannot escape other bricks, as bricks are laid next to and on top of other bricks to form that wall.

And, a wall is just a wall. It is not a building. To be called a building, it needs other walls, and a roof. etc.etc.

So do you see what a great reminder it is of how as Christians we work together, seperate units becoming one. It's also a reminder how necessary we all are - we aren't independent, but rather interdependent. This illustration also highlights the importance of keeping unity and peace, cause bricks are kinda close to each other.. Imagine if all your neighbouring bricks were fighting with each other! What an awful wall you'd all make together!

So let's get together, lalalala, and base our wall on Jesus :)