What Would You Do?

If you had someone come to your home, or into your place of employment and they were in real need, what would you do? Would you see how you might be able to help them, or would you turn them away as someone else's problem?

You see, the answer to the question at that point is not if you have faith or not. The question at that point is does your faith impact your daily life? It is wholly a matter of choice, and if we are going to be the people of faith, as the Scriptures call us, then the choice is to do whatever it takes to help the other person.

I was reminded during my vacation that the early church was known for this kind of choice. In the Roman world, when a child was unwanted or defective or damaged, it was completely legal to just simply take the baby to the local garbage dump, and lay it there to die of exposure. But those who followed Jesus in that day were different. Their faith led them to believe that all life is sacred, and as a result, there were those who would very often go by the local garbage heaps to rescue those children who left for dead. This gained them quite a standing in the area as those who followed Christ.

So I ask you, what kind of reputation do you have in the community? Are you living for Christ, or are you living for yourself? It matters, folks, because if we claim to have Jesus in our heart, and that we believe in the Scriptures, then we must act in accordance to them.

Comment below about a time when your faith moved you to action, and we'll see you on Sunday!