God's Helping Hands

Are you someone after God's own heart?
Do you even know what that means?

My interpretation of it is someone who doesn't look down their nose at a young mum whose child is screaming and throwing a tantrum in the supermarket, thinking smugly to ourselves that she is barely a child herself and doesn't have the faintest idea of what parenting is all about.

It is also someone who doesn't stare at the young man who is being stopped by the Police wondering in our minds "What has he done now?" But instead remembering that one is innocent until proved guilty.

It is someone who doesn't sigh and complain when the person at the checkout tills has to keep putting items back so that their shopping bill gets lower and lower because they do not have enough money to pay for their groceries. You simply pay for it.

This person refuses to stand behind twitching curtains looking down on their neighbours below as their home and vehicles are repossessed. No this person goes outside and asks "Is there anything I can do to help, maybe take the children inside for a snack?".

Being a person after God's own heart means that you visit the elderly man or woman who lives down the street, who doesn't have any relatives but only the TV for company, who cry themselves to sleep each night asking the same question "If I die tonight, who would know? Who would care?"

A person after God's own heart is one who will do all God's will and carry out His programs fully (Acts 13:22 Amp). This doesn't just mean large seminars or conferences. We do not have to wait until all conditions are perfect in our own lives; to reach our wealthy place, move into our mansion, get that promotion or a spouse before we endeavour to make a difference in this world. No! We all have enough to commence building our section of the Kingdom of God. We have our smile, our ears, our hands and we have our time. Be good stewards of the resources God has blessed you with and make an indelible mark on this earth that will remain throughout eternity.