I preach about it all the time: we can change the world, and I believe it with all of my heart. Just look at the twelve misfits Jesus started with. They were nobodies and they had no special qualities. The only thing that seems to set them apart was Jesus and their willingness to follow Him. It could have been that Peter, James, John, Andrew, and Phillip were just tired of fishing. We also know Matthew was a tax collector, so he was considered an outcast and a crook. Maybe he just wanted a new career or a few friends. The rest of the disciples we don’t even know what they did for a living. The only thing we know is that they followed Jesus and because of that we are still talking about them two thousand years later. For whatever reason they did what we are supposed to do: they dropped everything and followed Jesus.
We are supposed to do the same thing. We are called to follow Jesus unconditionally. The Bible tells us that if we put anything before Him: our father, mother, children, money, anything then we are not worthy of Him. We are not to be selfish people; we are to be selfless people. We are to give selflessly, love selflessly, and serve selflessly.
This Saturday we get to do just that. We get to go to “A Gift of Love” and serve people in the name of Jesus, and it could change the world. What a cool thing. We get to go and serve people and love on them in a way that they can see our Savior through us. We get a chance to be friends with and worship with all of these people who might not know Christ, and my prayer is that they will meet Him through our actions. I talk so often about showing God’s love through our actions and get asked almost as much how. How can I show God’s love in my life? Show up Saturday and help cook a hotdog or hamburger, help fix plates, help serve the food, or just get in the way and smile at someone. We get to go love on and be friends with people we don’t know and allow Jesus to shine through us.
There is a scripture in Proverbs that says:
Proverbs 18:1-2
1 Unfriendly people are selfish
and hate all good sense.
2 Fools do not want to understand anything.
They only want to tell others what they think.
We talk all the time about how we want to serve God. We, in the same breath, talk about how much we have to do and why we never have time to do stuff like this. Let’s show up Saturday in great numbers, not to show how strong we are but to show others what a great God we serve and how we can’t wait to show them. Then let’s show them by just being friendly, happy, fun people who love what they are getting to do. Let’s walk the walk and ask God to do mighty things through us. Remember people’s lives can change in an instant, one smile or a kind word. Someone might just see Jesus for the first time through you. Like I said, “You Can Change the World.” Are you willing to let God use you?
Love You All,
Tim