Be doing

Be doing

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?  
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.  
I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.  
But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’  and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.  
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.  
He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
                                  Matthew 24:45-51
Jimmy Carter former president of the United States said,
“We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.” 
As Christians we need to be prepared for the coming of Christ. We need to be working for him. We need to be doing whatever we can for Christ.
At my church there is a man by the name of David. David has a learning disability it’s not a serious disability but it is a handicap in many ways.
David however doesn’t see it that way. To him it’s normal and he loves the Lord. This man would run the church if he could.
Over the years he’s worked in everything from the children’s ministry to various outreaches.
He is uninhibited when it come to doing things. He has the idea that he can do it and quite often he does.
We had an outreach to the community recently and he went around to various stores and companies asking for donations of toys and other things for us to give away. He got a lot of things.
People in the area know David and respect him.
When the leader of our tea room got sick last autumn David took it upon himself to keep it open. He made sure that the doors stayed open. That there were snacks and of course tea and coffee for those who came.
He enlisted others who could minister the word of God and lead singing to help keep things going. It worked.
Others would have let it shut.
David is an example of what we all should be doing. Doing our best to serve the Lord day in and day out. To never stop.
Our church has a general policy that we don’t stop our ministries during the summer a common thing here in Canada.
We keep things going in the hope of reaching as many people as possible. We believe in reaching our world as best we can.
Now we’re far from perfect our little congregation doesn’t have a big budget to do things. Still we do what we can and that is all that is important.
We as individuals need to be doing what we can all the time. We need to live a life that reflects our beliefs as Christians.
We need to be witnessing to people in word and in deed.
We need to do what ever we can within our church congregation and we need to support ministries both inside our own church congregation and outside.
So that when Jesus does return he will find us working for Him.
Think about it.