To Serve Others Is To Serve The Lord July 27th Devotional

Read:
Ephesians 6:7

7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men.

There is such power in reaching out to those who are in need. We pray that God will use us and ask Him to bring somebody our way to help, and when people who need help come around we seem to miss them. Ministry is all around us. We just have to open our eyes. I can remember going to church one Wednesday night, and in our worship time the Lord began to speak to me about ministry. I started thinking how many there had needs and needed some help. The person behind me could use a little money to buy groceries for there children, and the person beside me maybe needed a ride to church tonight. The person in front of me could use some extra prayer, and on and on it goes. It really opened my eyes that ministry is all around us. People who need help in certain areas don't care how much we know until they know how much we care, and sometimes it just takes us reaching out to them without words. There are times to speak an encouraging word to somebody, but just a little smile or touch from the Lord can be worth a million dollars to someone. I want to encourage you today to really reach out to those in need, and just remember that we are doing it unto the Lord and not men.

Prayer:

Lord we ask that you will open our eyes to see those in need. We want to be used Lord to be your hands and your feet to reach out to many, and to walk in places that you would walk to. Help us to be the body of Christ, amen.

by Keith Edwards