John 4:38
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.
From time to time I notice paper that has been dropped on the street or some other item that has not been attended to. I must admit that I usually am tempted to feel that it is another person’s responsibility. It is then that the Lord taps me on the shoulder and reminds me that if I have seen it then I am the one to do the task. Sometimes the job is yukky and it would be easy to ignore it, but the Lord wants me to have a servant spirit and do it with a sweet attitude.
I once had a young man come into my office for Christian counseling. The problem centered on the work he was doing at a local potato processing plant. It was hard for him to deal with some of his co-workers, and he was distressed that his own attitude was not what it should be.
After we talked for a quite awhile, I learned that the most degrading and miserable job at the plant was cleaning up the rotten potatoes at the end of the processing line. I suggested that he volunteer for the job and perform it as a service to the Lord. He did and there was a dramatic result. Because of the terrible smell of the potatoes, other workers kept clear and it gave him time to sing hymns and recite memory verses to himself. He was the last seasonal worker to be let go when the last of the potatoes were processed. Others remarked about how he blessed them.
I think the bottom line is that anything we see that needs to be done can be done as a service to the Lord. It is wrong to think that ministry is restricted to those who stand behind a pulpit. We are all called to serve where God plants us.
Blessings dear hearts. Walk with God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil