How far we should go

  How far we should go

Jesus speaking of Himself said,

“For the Son of Man came not to be served 

but to serve, 

and to give his life a ransom for many” 

                                                       Mark 10:25.

Do you serve? 

I am part of a Church where people love to serve and are encouraged to do so. There’s a call to help with the food bank, a homeless and street ministry, children’s ministry, music ministry, the list goes on and on. 

Years ago when I was just new to the faith while attending another church. I remember a man who was in his mid to late fifties, who by his actions taught me to serve. He was on our church board.

I met him one day in the church nursery just after the service. He was holding a young baby who had just thrown up on him smiling and rocking the child gently. 

He wasn’t suppose to be on that particular day but they were short staffed and he offered to fill in during the service. That man was the vice president of a major Canadian bank. A man who firmly believed in serving God and his fellow man in whatever way he could.

As Christians we are called to follow the example of Jesus who came to serve.

Think about it the very person who created the heavens and the earth, entered the world He created in the form of Christ Jesus to point us to heaven. 

Jesus showed in very human terms how far He would go to show us the way to heaven. 

The apostle Paul echoed what Jesus is quoted as saying in Mark 10:25 when he writes,

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8.

That’s how far Christ would go for us. And I believe should the circumstance require it, it’s how far we should be willing to go to show someone the way to heaven.

Please think about it.