![]() ![]() It’s just too easy to get out of something we should be helping with. I’m not a sailor, but I do know how to throw a lifesaver to a drowning person. A faithful servant is a flexible servant, willing to change when the needs arises. Just because I don’t have the gift of giving, doesn’t mean I can’t help someone in need. Someone who believes they don’t have the gift of helps has no excuse when they refuse to hold the door open for the lady behind them. One thing about helping out, there is no gift for emptying diaper pails. I believe that since God is infinite, His Word is infinite, so no one can ever plumb its depths. The Word is so deep that 100 theologians could live a hundred million years and share their notes, and still not exhaust the Bible. This helps us to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and His Word, but the beautiful thing about the Bible is, it’s shallow enough for a child to wade into without fear of drowning, but it’s deep enough for theologians to swim around in, and yet never touch bottom. Later, we begin with the meat of the Word. They are teachable, they are humble, they are meek, and they are like sponges…soaking up as much as they can, so when we come to Christ, we are first given the milk of the Word. I believe the reason Jesus said that we must become as little children to enter the kingdom was because children have special qualities (Matt 18:3). If you are abiding in Christ, you will be available for Christ. The Apostle John wrote in the context of Jesus’ coming, and said, “And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming” (1 John 2:28). It would be very difficult without his helping me at the nursing home, so the fact that he makes himself available shows me he is also faithful in other things, and that’s just what Jesus Christ is looking for when He returns. My friend who helps me in our nursing home ministry makes himself available. All of us have to work, many have family, and we load up on other things too, so availability is important in being a faithful servant. ![]() If we make ourselves available, we’ll be more faithful, but oh how easy it is for the world and all its activities to eat up our time. Enter into the joy of your master” (Matt 25:23). You have been faithful over a little I will set you over much. More than once I’ve told him that someday, Christ will say to you, “Well done, good and faithful servant. Now my friend helps me faithfully, and I can’t tell him what it means to me. I simply prayed to the Lord of the Harvest and He answered my prayer. Conducting a church service was a lot for one person, but then God sent me a friend who has been with me faithfully through the years. Then only a couple the next time, but after only 3 weeks, I was all alone in doing this. In the beginning we had several members come…for the first week. ![]() Now we offer church services for those who can go to church. Years ago when we started our nursing home ministry, we offered a Bible study. It’s suddenly not like work anymore, but more like a holy pleasure. You get a wonderful feeling that you are making a difference for Christ. It might seem like the hardest part is all ahead of us when we serve, but when you serve, something happens. One person that doesn’t show up is one person who won’t serve, so just showing up is essential to being a faithful servant. One man said, “Showing up is 90% of serving because many people won’t even do that.” I see his point. Jesus will say to some, “Well done thou good and faithful servant,” so what is a faithful servant? Here are 4 characteristics of one. ![]()
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