When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” John 21:15
As followers of Christ, we can’t do everything on our own! We have to acknowledge that God gifted each and every one of His children and never intended for us to become SO confident in our own abilities that we lose sight of the fact that we haven’t really done anything on our own! We also cannot just idly praise Him in our hearts – He calls us to be ACTIVE in our participation and do our part.
Pastor Beeson of Granger Community Church in Granger, IN said in last week’s sermon, “When you follow Christ, you are called to influence others with integrity and intentionality toward what is good and right and true!” What this means is that none of us were called to simply follow. We are called to follow Him so that we can lead others to Him through our loving example! We are all essential parts of the body of Christ. If we aren’t operating in our intended purpose, there are jobs not being done and the “machine” of the church is not going to function in its full capacity. God can do His will without our help, but why would we want Him to?
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Amen! I completely agree! As much as GOD graces us with his mercy every single day, the least we can do is bless His name and testify how good He is to those around us. You never know what people are going through, but what we do know is whatever IT is, God can get them through it! :-)
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