I Am His Hands - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Bible in a Year: Amos 1-3, Revelation 6

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!"
1 Corinthians 12:21

Today's Scripture & Insight: 1 Corinthians 12:12-21

Jia Haixia lost his sight in the year 2000. His friend Jia Wenqi lost his arms as a child. But they've found a way around their disabilities. "I am his hands and he is my eyes," Haixia says. Together, they're transforming their village in China.

Since 2002 the friends have been on a mission to regenerate a wasteland near their home. Each day Haixia climbs on Wenqi's back to cross a river to the site. Wenqi then "hands" Haixia a shovel with his foot, before Haixia places a pail on a pole between Wenqi's cheek and shoulder. And as one digs and the other waters, the two plant trees—more than 10,000 so far. "Working together, we don't feel disabled at all," Haixia says. "We're a team."

The apostle Paul likens the church to a body, each part needing the other to function. If the church were all eyes, there'd be no hearing; if all ears, there'd be no sense of smell . "The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don't need you!' " Paul says (v. 21). Each of us plays a role in the church based on our spiritual gifts (vv. 7-11, 18). Like Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi, when we combine our strengths, we can bring change to the world.

Two men combining their abilities to regenerate a wasteland. What a picture of the church in action!

By: Sheridan Voysey

Reflect & Pray
Based on your spiritual gifts, what part do you play in the body of Christ? How are you joining with others to fulfill His mission?

Holy Spirit, thank You for giving me spiritual gifts and arranging me in a body where I'm needed.