The Least I Can Do For You

Yesterday, the case was made that if we are to be consistent with our spiritual calling, then we should spend more of our attention and energies toward helping others and less on our own needs. Having said that, what I have noticed is that many of us Christian singles try to find the least amount of “spiritual stuff’ we can get away with. What do I mean by that?

• We may forgive others, but we refuse to forget
• We are great at loving those who love us, but terrible at loving those who hate us
• We don’t mind helping others to a point, but when it becomes inconvenient, we become less concerned about being helpful
• Most of our prayers are about us when they should be more about others
• We are not genuinely happy when others are blessed because we are focused on what we are missing.
  
  

These are just a few examples of how we try to do the least we can. By operating at such a minimal level, we are affirming our membership in the Jive Talkers Club!!

As a fellow Christian single, what is the least I can do for you? In my opinion, the least I can do for you is to pray for you. It is less important about what I pray for on your behalf because only God knows what the best thing is for you. Rather, the more important thing is that I pray for you. God will translate, modify and convert my garbled, but well-intentioned prayer. I may pray that God will help you find a mate or that you get that new house or that you are promoted at your job or that you succeed in your business venture. But He will bless you in the way that best fits your circumstances. Therefore, it is important we understand that it is the ACT of praying for others that gets God’s attention more than WHAT we pray for.

Praying for you is the least I can do for you. But as a Christian, I should not settle for just doing the least. Trained monkeys can do the least! So my intention is to let my prayers be the beginning of what I do for you, not the end. Because God wants you to experience the abundance of His favor, I cannot settle for doing the least. Therefore, as an extension of my prayers for you, I am committed to acting on those prayers. Thank God that Jesus did not stop at just praying for us; He made the supreme sacrifice and in our interactions with each other, we too must resolve to not be content with doing the least.

Tomorrow’s Post: The Least You Can Allow Me to Do for You