In recent weeks, I have been doing some part-time volunteer work at a faith-based
helping agency in my community. While
the agency provides clothing, meals, a nurse, and other things to help the
“least of these” in our community, my role is to listen to people’s stories and
see what community resources might help with their plight.
A couple of weeks, a young man and his girlfriend came into the
office. They were struggling with the
breakdown of their Ford Fusion. I
listened to his story and made several suggestions that might could help. As he shared with me his name and phone
number, he commented, “You know, I must confess that I have never been into
faith, the church, and Christianity. But
you know what? My experience here is
starting to change my mind.”
The comment of that
young man made me think of a passage of scripture in the New Testament. Read this passage from James 2: which says:
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can
such faith save them? 15 Suppose
a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace;
keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good
is it? 17 In
the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
There are a lot of folks today for whom the Church, faith, and
Christianity is a foreign commodity.
They either have become disenchanted with the same or they have never
been introduced to the Christian faith.
What a glorious opportunity for those who are in Christ Jesus to let
others know about Christ not through what we say, but who we are and what we
do. As the song says, “Yes, they will know we are Christians by
our love.” Have a joy-filled
week.- Pastor Randy Wall
Prayer:
Living God, who dwelt among us long ago full of grace and truth in
Christ Jesus: live in and through our
lives in our world today through the power of the Holy Spirit. Hear our prayers, O Lord. Amen.
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