You will find DIY stuff all over our home...when I get a thought of something I want to be reminded of, I do a craft! Ask my people...they'll tell you! I'm retired so I don't do REAL work, but this sign is in my sewing room. I make Scripture pillows...not a huge contribution to the world, but it is something I can do. I want to constantly be reminded my work is done for the Lord...not for me or for anyone else.
One of the dearest stories in all of the Bible is a story in Mark 14:1-10. Mary, sister of Lazarus, anointed Jesus' head with a very expensive oil...the others in the room were indignant with what they considered waste. Jesus was not; he said in v. 8 "she did what she could". I believe that should be true of all believers...we can all do something that pleases the Lord. This was a service; an act of sacrifice. There are many ways of serving in our world today and many are doing huge contributions. But are we, as believers, doing what we can to serve the Lord? Am I?
There are are great number of how to care for "one another" passages in the Bible...love, serve, give, visit, gather. These commands are for us as believers. Jesus, himself, taught us his last night on earth as he washed the disciples feet: "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you." True service comes from love that prompts action. That love came to us first from God. We pass it on...to all people. All colors, all nationalities, all types. Did we deserve that kind of love? No, but by His great grace, it was freely given.
Our world is struggling...believers can begin to reach out to those people. Can you do one thing today in service for another? Maybe someone who doesn't look just like you. If we in the church can begin to open our arms and "shine like the stars in heaven", others will be drawn to the Savior and we can begin to look like the world He created.
We can't do everything but we can do something. Phil. 2:3-4 says:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain
conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above
yourselves, not looking to your own interests but
each of you to the interests of others.
Whatever we do (whether it's what we post on Facebook, how we serve, how we give, how we drive, how we stand in line in the grocery store...whatever) it must be as if we were standing in front of Jesus doing it for him. For, in fact, we are.
I must do better.
For further study: Deu. 10:12, Joshua 22:5, Joshua 24:15, Romans 12:9, Gal. 5:12-3-14, Eph. 2:10,
Eph. 6:7, Phil. 2:7, 2 Tim. 2:24, 1 Peter 4:10, 1 John 4:7-12.
Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.
Love,
Holly
