James 1:25 (ESV)
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of
liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he
will be blessed in his doing.
Winston Churchill exemplified integrity and respect in
the face of opposition. During his last year in office, he attended an official
ceremony. Several rows behind him two gentlemen began whispering. "That's
Winston Churchill." "They say he is getting senile." "They
say he should step aside and leave the running of the nation to more dynamic
and capable men." When the ceremony was over, Churchill turned to the men
and said, "Gentlemen, they also say he is deaf!"
Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jr. said "The human race is divided into two classes -- those who go ahead
and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why wasn't it done the
other way?'"
How many times have we left a job, a project, a church,
an important relationship because we just didn't find it good enough? Some of
us make a lifestyle of it! But God wants us to be the kind of remarkable people
who don't criticize, complain and go out looking for something better all the
time. He wants us to be a people who determine to make a difference in the
lives of the people and situations He allows us to face!
Your job is boring and you need a change? Ask the Lord
how you might grow in your giftings there. Ask Him to help you come up with a
creative solution and maybe even improve your workplace altogether! You want to
leave your church because it doesn't have an exciting youth ministry? Perhaps
the Lord is calling you to help start one up!
Let's be a doers! Let's be people of vision! There's much
too much to be done for the Lord to be sitting around criticizing. Let's
determine to stop being complainers and go forth and do great things for Him!
Dear Lord, help us be doers of the word. Help our eyes be
open to the things that You want for us to do. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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