“Then Jehoiada placed
the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests,
to whom David had made assignments in the
temple, to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of
Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.”
II Chronicles 23:18
If heaven assigned
homework what do you suppose it would be?
Would it consist of
math problems and writing assignments?
If there is a
heavenly homework assignment I think it would have to be all about love.
Love others as you
are loved.
Love those not easily
loved by others.
Love the one who
cannot or will not love in return.
But even those last
three sentences can be vague and fail to motivate us to action.
What if the ‘heavenly
homework’ was more specific?
What if there were
very tangible, very concrete assignments?
That is how we were
challenged this week.
We were given
opportunities over the next 40 days to show the love of God in six different
ways in our community.
It is not homework
that is handed in for a score.
It is homework
intended to teach us to love in deed and not with words only.
We are good at
talking the talk but failing to walk the walk!
The challenge is
meant to mobilize a church which can become comfortably immobile.
Instead of couch
potatoes we become pew potatoes.
Same potato –
different location.
Ouch!
So get off the couch
or the pew and love in Jesus’ name!
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