How can you offer yourself as part of the solution?
It is frustrating to hear about troubles and not be equipped to do anything. The question that a person often asks themselves is, “How can I be part of the solution if I do not have any money or time to give to others who are hurting and in danger?” It is hard to feel helpless when we read about trouble at home and abroad. We see destruction that threatens the lives of millions, and the struggles of those in our neighborhoods.
God’s grace defines us! Society sometimes labels us like a can of soup on and assembly line. Stupid, Unproductive, a slow learner, or a fast talker, a quitter. But grace infiltrates and criticism disintegrates. We know we aren’t who some say we are. We are who God says we are: “Spiritually alive.”
Of course, not all labels are negative. There are others who regard us as clever, successful. But that doesn’t compare as being in the heavenly realms of God.
We cannot solve every problem, but we shouldn’t let that stop us from doing something for those who cross our paths. We can use opportunities to earn the right to tell others about Jesus Christ. This is His call to His followers.
Mark 16: 15 says: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” While all cannot travel the whole world, we have been given a command to tell others about Christ, those in our world. This is what the parable of the Good Samaritan is all about. We should be careful about comparing our abilities to that of others. As God leads, He also equips.
Are we are paying attention to those who or in or cross our pathways day in and day out? Galatians 6: 10 says: “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”
One faithful witness is worth more than a thousand professors of religion. We witness by our life and by His Word. When people unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer we are very much strengthened by this. The Spirit of God goes before paving the way and giving us the words to say, granting us courage to speak His Word.
Listen my friends, God wrote your story. He cast you in His drama. You hang as God’s work of art, a testimony in His gallery of Grace. According to Him you are His. Period. You see, God creates our resumes and grace defines who we are, so you see you can be part of the solution no matter what anyone else says.