If
I wanted to, I could help make this church the most wide-awake and working
church in the entire world.
If
I wanted to, I could visit members who are sick or homebound and find other
ways of helping them.
If
I wanted to, I could attend Bible classes regularly and encourage others to do
the same.
If
I wanted to, I could show more devotion in worship and receive much more good
from the service myself.
If
I wanted to, I could profit more from the sermon by not resenting the truth
when it reveals some of my weaknesses.
If
I wanted to, I could tell others about Christ and His church and lead them to
Him.
But
this all depends on what I want to do. I could be an honored servant of the
King.
I
have the ability-if I really wanted to.
-Unknown
How
often do we get inspired and motivated during church services, surrounded by
our brothers and sisters in Christ but then go home and back to being busy with
everyday life? In our free time we find ourselves settling into our comfortable
couch or favorite recliner, flipping on the TV or reading a book and all of our
good intentions remain just that, intentions. We meant to send a card to that
brother they mentioned having surgery this week. We meant to take food to the
family that recently lost a loved one. We meant to send one of our sisters a
birthday card, just to let her know we thought about her. We meant to, but we
didn’t.
Don’t
misunderstand, I don’t think there is anything wrong with relaxing at home and
sometimes I even try to justify it by saying well, there are many far worse
things that I could be doing. But in reality I am guilty of letting my
selfishness and laziness prevent me from doing what I should and are able to as
a Christian. We live in a very wealthy country; not only wealthy as far as the
money we have but wealthy in conveniences. With a few clicks on our computers
or even some of our phones we can access a wealth of information on almost
anything you can think of. With all the conveniences of our world it saddens me
to think that we are more reluctant to be servants of the King than first
century Christians. We know that the first century Christians spread the gospel
throughout the entire world -Col. 1:23. In Acts 17:6 the Christians were
accused of turning the world upside down. There is no doubt in our minds that
first century Christians made a difference in the world. Amazingly they were
able to do this without the modern conveniences we enjoy. How, you may wonder?
They had a love for the Lord. They wanted to share with the world what he did
for them and what he could do for everyone. Now back to us, we love the Lord.
We profess to any way. If we truly love Him and keep His commandments, why are
we not better servants of His? It comes down to priorities and attitudes. We
can do anything we set our minds to.
“I can do
all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.”
Philippians
4:13
You can do many things
for the Lord, if you want to.
No comments:
Post a Comment