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3rd September 2008, 05:46 PM
The churches are filled with people wanting to die for Christ, I know, it's part of the reason I strayed away. To Me it is Christ who will decide when and how I perish, also it is His will that I live for Him and Glorify Him in what I do. I know that all too well. Dying for Christ is not the reason He suffered on the cross, it was so We could be cleansed and glorify Him in all ways. I do home repairs and upkeep for senior's and those unable to do their own repairs. For years I had been giving the glory to myself. Yes they were still good deeds and no, I certainly don't make much money. The point is though, how much better are those deeds when done for Christ, to be His hands and help others giving glory to God for the works that were done?
Here is the sad part, every Sunday twice a day I saw hundreds of people, Christians walking past the house in need of a dire paint job, the home owner could not get on a ladder, they didn't have an excess of money either, yet if every Christian walking by that house laid a simple brush of paint across it, the house would have been painted in No time. What an opportunity to display the love of Christ to that home owner. What bothered Me is that the same people walking by would fly hundreds of miles to repair a home destroyed by a hurricane. Trust Me, I would'nt mind if I never got another job call again and had to change careers because of it. I only do it because others prey on the elderly and disabled so badly. Next time You walk home from church, look around You, not at the opportunities to die for Christ but the opportunity to live for and Glorify His name. Next time You see someone in need of help, ask Yourself this, would Christ pass them by? Absolutely not. To be a Christian is to be Christlike so lets live not by faith alone but by example and live for Him till Our time is up on Earth. Even a worse case scenario is when family members come over for dinners at a house I'm working on but never lift a finger to help their Gramma or Grampa, Mom or other. We pass up opportunities to glorify Christ almost everyday, keep Your eyes peeled, I think You'll see that the glory is truly in living for Him as He's already done the dying for Us. Could you imagine the witness that could come from a church fixing a wheelchair ramp or painting a house for no reason? Shoveling someones sidewalk or offering to mow someones grass as soon as you can change clothes and get back on the way home from church is as good of witness as Jesus could ask us to give on His behalf. Let Us live for Him and magnify Him in Our works so We have both faith and deeds to show for Ourselves.
Here is the sad part, every Sunday twice a day I saw hundreds of people, Christians walking past the house in need of a dire paint job, the home owner could not get on a ladder, they didn't have an excess of money either, yet if every Christian walking by that house laid a simple brush of paint across it, the house would have been painted in No time. What an opportunity to display the love of Christ to that home owner. What bothered Me is that the same people walking by would fly hundreds of miles to repair a home destroyed by a hurricane. Trust Me, I would'nt mind if I never got another job call again and had to change careers because of it. I only do it because others prey on the elderly and disabled so badly. Next time You walk home from church, look around You, not at the opportunities to die for Christ but the opportunity to live for and Glorify His name. Next time You see someone in need of help, ask Yourself this, would Christ pass them by? Absolutely not. To be a Christian is to be Christlike so lets live not by faith alone but by example and live for Him till Our time is up on Earth. Even a worse case scenario is when family members come over for dinners at a house I'm working on but never lift a finger to help their Gramma or Grampa, Mom or other. We pass up opportunities to glorify Christ almost everyday, keep Your eyes peeled, I think You'll see that the glory is truly in living for Him as He's already done the dying for Us. Could you imagine the witness that could come from a church fixing a wheelchair ramp or painting a house for no reason? Shoveling someones sidewalk or offering to mow someones grass as soon as you can change clothes and get back on the way home from church is as good of witness as Jesus could ask us to give on His behalf. Let Us live for Him and magnify Him in Our works so We have both faith and deeds to show for Ourselves.