Yesterday, I was talking to my Uncle William. I needed an idea on something to write, and he gave me true inspiration. This morning, I am focusing on the church. We, as a church body, are supposed to be like "a city upon a hill," (Matthew 5:14) yet how many of us reach out as such? The church is not the building, but the body of Christ. We are the body of Christ! The building is the place where we meet. Now that you know that you are the church, how is your work for God going?
There are millions of starving men, women, and children all around the world. There are millions suffering from diseases of all kinds. There are millions of people who are in debts of all kinds and are in need of help. There are people who are homeless, divorced, jobless, and in need of help. What are you doing to help them? Saying a prayer?
Don't get me wrong. Prayer is wonderful, but prayer without action is wishing. Let's put action into our prayers. Let's be active with God's gifts and talents that He gave to us! If we see someone is homeless, don't just pray for the best! Go out and feed them, even clothes them! Is that not what Jesus taught us to do? If we see someone who is in need of someone to listen to, go out and be the open ear and the loving arms that they need. Imagine if Christ ignored you and talked behind your back. There would be no home for humanity.
You don't need to be a missionary, but if you see one support them and keep them in constant prayer. You don't need to go to the great unknown to spread the good news. You can evangelize right in your neighborhood or at your work place or school! You can help local soup kitchens. Yes, the USA isn't the only place we live; but if you are not called to go out to other nations, you are being called to work right here at home. No matter what, "we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10) So let us not waste the work of God, but instead let us do right and be active.
As the church, we should be crying out when we see so many devastating falls in humanity and so much suffering in the world. We cannot be a church body that pretends that everything is alright. We must look beyond ourselves and our situations and what we want to supply the needs of others. We must be selfless like Christ if we are to be Him body. Let us put down our complaints and pick up our God given gifts to change this world for the better. We have neglected to cry out for too long.
-D
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