Whole Hearted Service

Part 2

By Beverly Rainwater

 

The earliest identifying mark of a Christian was the way he treated his fellow men.  "See how they love one another," was said of the early church.  They were a peculiar people because of this quality of love.  This kind of active working faith should characterize the church today.  The Christian woman, especially, has a great potential for leading others to Christ through her own life and example. Woman holds within her nature a potential power to influence, to mark lives.

Are you aware of the influence you may have on those around you?  Are you prayerfully seeking to use that influence for service to God?  Man may build the house but woman makes it a home.  God made everything else before He made woman.  He knew Adam was  lonely so He made him a helpmeet.  Women's influence and responsibilities are  great, shouldn't we then make sure that our hearts and minds are pure.

 When we have sensitivity and humility in our hearts not only do we think of others first but we will act from this heart. The pure heart is gentle, tender, patient and has leniency and mercy  in it.  A pure heart shows kindness to all.  Pure love will want to help others, and because we do help others we will find joy from doing so.  A pure heart does not allow us to be spiritless or indifferent in our walk with God. 

 

 A  Christian woman will not and must not be uninvolved in her walk with the Lord her God.  Our pure heart will cause us to want to encourage and uplift and help those around us.  We will want to try to lift those who are downtrodden whether it be physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually.  We will want to share the joy in our hearts with all those we come in contact with.

 

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

 

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:11-14)

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