Been thinking of the posts I've posted and what to post so I've came to a conclusion to post what Pastor had preached about and which is what I've been doing along!
Topic of the day: STAR THROWER
I bet a lot of people have read this before, the star thrower but in case nobody have read this, I'm going to post the story of it before I post my message if not there will be no link!
Once upon a time, there was a wise man used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had the habit of walking along the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore; as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day, so he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead, he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing Starfish into the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked; why are you throwing Starfish into the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and Starfish all along it, you can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely, then bent down, picked up another Starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves. "It made a difference for that one."
His response surprised the man, he was upset, he didn't know how to reply, so instead he turned away and walked back to the cottage to begin his writings.
Alright, I'm back to the topic of the story. I want to encourage readers to be able to help others needy! In Luke chapter 5, Jesus saw a group of fisher mens did not have much catch so Jesus helped them to catch a lot of fishes and thus, Peter, James and John became Jesus follower. Jesus helped them by making their needs and how to do so?
Firstly, you will have to help those who cannot help themselves and be a fisher of men! Some people might tell me, but everybody are living so well! How am I going to find people who are in need?!
There are a few places and types of people to look out for though. Go to deep/dark places of the world. I'm not referring to the drains but I'm just referring to the people who are in a ain't better living condition like the poorer estates or places like this.
Find people who have spiritual gap/love disparity. Spiritual gap and those love disparity basically quite easy to spot. Emo people are usually lack of love. Another type is those who have broken family or bad attitude.
Now, two types of people found but how to do so? Firstly, it is servant hood. You must be willing to bow down your head and be willing to serve them so that they will know that you are of mostly willing to help and not of any special intention.
Secondly, you must be willing to take risks and sacrifice. When you help someone, surely there would be things for you to lose, even time. Some lose are bigger like losing of big bucks or whatever but you must be willing to lose it to be able to help a lot of people.
Thirdly, you must have patient, love, compassion and mercy. If you do not have this 4 aspects, you cannot be able to help anybody. If you don't have the patient to be able to persist on to help, people will reject you so quickly that you will not have the chance. If you don't have love, compassion and mercy in you, you will not even have the heart, the mood to help anybody.
Lastly, the great commandment. It is love your neighbors like you love yourself!
Okay, 6 practical ways to do so. 1. Be hospitable for one another.
1 Peter 4:9 (New King James Version) Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
2. Care for one another.
3. Pray for one another.
James 5:16 (New King James Version)
16 Confess your trespasses[a] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
4. Restore one another.
James 5:19-20 (New King James Version)
19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul[a] from death and cover a multitude of sins.
5. Teach and admonish one another.
Colossians 3:16 (New King James Version)
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
6. Serve one another.
Galatians 5:13 (New King James Version)
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
SO! After sharing how to serve, here's a challenge. We must find our Starfish, and if we throw our stars wisely and well, I have no question that the 21st century is going to be a wonderful place.
Remember: Vision without action is merely a dream Action without vision just passes time Vision with action can change the world
