Picking up trash. Fetching tools. Sweeping up water. Our friends are building a house. My husband is helping. I like to go along and see progress and do what I can. I have no construction skills so I am given menial tasks. Today, I was handed a broom. Lots of standing water to sweep out. Happy to help.
As Christians, are we happy to help as we work in ministry? Cleaning toilets, sending out cards, visiting the sick or elderly, preaching a sermon, teaching the youth. There are plenty of opportunities. We are not all called to help in a particular area but we are all called to serve. Can we say with a joyful heart, happy to help?
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.”
1 Corinthians 12:27: “All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.”