A
Message from Steve
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A
Message from Steve |
I
was listening to a CD of praise music the other day when suddenly, one of the
sentences sung by the singer hit me like a thunderbolt, the sentence was “Are
you talking to the Father. do you share your deep concerns or are you singing
hallelujahs while the man beside you burns”.
I started to think about that sentence, and the more I thought about it
the more I realised two things, firstly that the message of that sentence
applied to me and secondly that it is pretty certain that I am not the only
Christian that it applied to. I
suddenly realised that there is a real danger that we Christians can if we are
not careful become selfish, albeit inadvertently. We can so easily fall into the trap of making sure that we
are right before God and that our problems and needs arc dealt with that we
forget that there are people out there who want to get right with God and have
needs met who don’t know how to, and that there are people who don’t even
know that they need to he right before God, what happens to them if we are so
concerned with ourselves that we don’t notice their plight?
In
the last magazine I said that we need to be careful that we don’t look to
people that we consider to be better Christians than ourselves and judge
ourselves by their standard, and whilst that is certainly true, we should also
remember that just as we look up to certain people as an example of how
Christians should be and seek their help and advice, there are people out there
who look up us as an example of how Christians should be and will turn to us for
help and advice. The bottom line is
that no matter where we are in our walk with God even if we are a relatively new
Christian, there will always be someone who looks to us for help and advice, and
there will always be people around us who have needs and problems to be
addressed and who will suffer in silence and where will they be if we are so
busy singing hallelujahs that we are not sharing with the Father our concerns
about others and listening for his reply to us so that we can help.
Whilst
it is right that we should bring our troubles and problems to God and ask his
help. it is also a fact that we should not get to hung up with our own plight
and having our own problems solved to the detriment of all else. God has
promised to look after us and supply all our needs, Jesus has told not to worry
about what we wear or what we eat, and there are many recorded instances of
people being healed and having needs met by God while they were looking after
other people’s welfare without them even having to ask such is God’s
goodness to us.
Going
back to my item in the last magazine. I believe that all of us who are alive on
this earth and who profess faith in Jesus have a place by the door. It is beholden on all
of us make sure that we reach out and grab hands that are looking for the door
and help them for it is in doing so that we prevent ourselves from singing
hallelujahs while the man beside us burns.
God
bless
Steve
Waters