Honouring God with our lives
Let us examine our flimsy excuses for not being more purposeful about ministering to others. What keeps us from reaching out to those around us--the hurting, the grieving, the sick, or the hopeless? What makes us shrug our shoulders and walk away?
We are supposed to honor God with our lives. And yet, we have many reasons for not doing so. Money, time, and resource constraints are popular excuses. We could just bake a loaf of bread and take it to someone that God puts on my heart, then that is honoring God with our life. Sometimes it is in the simplest of acts that we make the biggest impact. Instead of making excuses and leaving ministry to other people, we can set out to do what we can with what I have.
Let us ask God to help us to act on the things He lays on our heart and not make any excuses or feel silly or inadequate. Let us ask God to help us to see the big picture in the little things.
Jeremiah 5 : 24
It never occurs to them to say, 'How can we honor our God with our lives, The God who gives rain in both spring and autumn and maintains the rhythm of the seasons.
(Stops & Steps 0991 27VI2009)