HELPING OTHERS
Gal. 6:3 If you think you are too important to help someone in
need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody. NLT
There are some in the
body of Christ who unfortunately set themselves apart from the rest of the body
and don't respond to the needs of others. They deem themselves too important or
busy to get involved. They get wrapped up into themselves and forget that they
are but one part of the body. Or, they get so wrapped up into their personal
responsibilities that they let others do their part of ministry. What they fail
to realize is that in order to truly be a part of the body of Christ, we are
intricately related to each other and involved in each other's lives. We need
each other and must depend on each other. We are not isolated from any other
part of the body. We must all function together as a whole in order to be who
Christ created us to be.
Every member of the
body of Christ is a servant to the other members. We are in the body to
minister to each other's needs. We cannot lay claim to membership and isolate
ourselves from any other part of the body. It is foolishness to act like we are
a somebody when in reality our actions show we are a nobody.
Don't fall into the
trap of idleness because you think you are a somebody. Faith without works is
dead and so is knowledge without works. Your work is important, but so is every
other member of the body. It is our mandate to love each other, and you can't
love someone and lord it over them.
Helping someone in
need not only blesses the person you help, it blesses you as well. There is a real joy in knowing you have made
a real difference in someone’s life.
Ask the Lord to show
you someone in need today and a way that you can help him.
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