Resignation Notice

Recently the Pope announced his resignation as the head of the Catholic church effective after February 28. This has many people in shock, as a pope has not resigned since 1415 when Pope Gregory XII stepped down from the office (http://world.time.com/2013/02/11/the-resignation-of-pope-benedict-xvi-is-it-health-or-politics-or-both/). One writer even said the Pope did not resign from office, but he rather renounced the office (http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013/02/14/908552/pope-did-not-resign-he-renounced-his-office). Regardless of whether it's considered a resignation or a renouncement, it provides a platform for us to talk about the stability of the head of the church.
I'm not talking about the head of the Catholic church; I'm talking about the head of the Lord's church, the body of Christ, which he died for upon Calvary's cross. It does us all good to go back to the New Testament and see that Jesus is the head of the church as he reigns from Heaven. Paul says "...Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior" (Eph. 5:23). Using almost the same terminology in Colossians 1:18, Paul is clear that there is no human head of the church. Christ is in charge of the kingdom and will not relinquish control of his church until the final resurrection when he hands everything back over to God the Father (1 Cor. 15:24).
Though the numbers will vary depending upon who you ask, there have been somewhere around 266 popes. I am eternally grateful that the church for which Jesus died will not have that kind of turnover. We don't have to worry about Jesus resigning. He is the stable leadership until God reveals that it is time. He is the head of the body. Are you a part of that body? The resignation that needs to happen is the resignation from the life of sin for the one who is not a child of God. If you will repent of your sins (Acts 2:38), confess Christ as your Savior (Acts 8:37) and be baptized into Christ for remission of sins (Acts 2:38) then the Lord will add you to the body (Acts 2:47).