How much time do you dedicate to serving others? Is serving your community and people in need important to you? Did you know that God expects us to care about people in need? If we say we love God, but we see a person in need and have no pity on them, how can the love of God be in us (1 John 3:17)? We are to soften our hearts and open our hands to help the poor (Deuteronomy 15:7-8,10-11). Service is a demonstration of love, and it is through our actions that we show this love (1 John 3:18). We are instructed to serve one another humbly by loving our neighbors as ourselves (Galatians 5:13-14). We serve God when we feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, and provide clothes to those in need, because whatever we do for the least of these, we do for Him (Matthew 25:35-40).
So here is your task: schedule a volunteer hour on your calendar in the next month. Community service doesn't always have to be formal, but if you are unsure about where to start, try searching Volunteer Match or contacting your local United Way. Remember, people in need don't always live in a homeless shelter or panhandle on a street corner; rather, people in need are sometimes the same people we see each day on the bus, at work, and in our neighborhoods.
MEMORY VERSE: The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor (Proverbs 22:9)
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