Today in church, the sermon was about playing “favorites” in the church world. Pastor Joe was talking about someone that would come into church that was all dressed nicely and had a nice new car vs. the homeless person that would just walk in off the street. Often times, we tend to warmly welcome those that are dressed nicely or are more popular and we “put down” those people that we don’t think are as “important”! In God’s eyes, the homeless are just as important and precious in His sight than the President and CEO of a major company!
Then, he gave the illustration about a “life saving station” on the coast. He told about how there was a group of people that would go out and rescue those that were shipwrecked and bring them in and help them “get back on their feet”. Over the course of time, these stations became more of a social club, even to the point where they no longer helped the shipwrecked people. God help our churches not to become a social club, to the point where we are no longer a “life saving station”! God has called us to a light to those around us! My personal desire is to be a life saving station to those around me! Even at GBS, God help us never to get so caught up in the social aspect of campus life so that we forget what we are here for….to prepare for the ministry that God has called us to!
I want to live my life in such a way that God can use me to minister to the people around me!
God is looking for those fully surrendered to Him to use to help further His work and build up His Kingdom!
