See that gap? That’s meant for you.
For have I not given you eyes to see and ears to hear? I am calling you to fill the gap!
Don’t wait for others to fill the gap. Don’t look around for someone else to speak to the new person or drop groceries off to the person whose paycheck never quite covers the month. Feed the hungry, clothe the young person going for a job interview, throw a birthday party for the foreigner in your midst.
Because you are called to be a Goshen – and a Goshen steps into need. So don’t mind the gap – fill it.
Prayer:
Father God, I thank You that You have given me eyes to see and ears to hear. I want to be a resource – to stand next to my brothers and sisters, holding up their arms in battle. May I not ignore the gaps but embrace a solutions-focused attitude. Will You help me to see the gaps and show me how they can be filled.
But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”
James 2:18 (AMP)
For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the [a]sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through [b]love serve and seek the best for one another.
Galatians 5:13 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Galatians 5:13 Lit flesh.
[b] Galatians 5:13 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.
#lionbites
Unapologetically Marcia 