Command 34 : Be a Servant | Day 238 Use the Keys to a Person's Heart!I scanned an area on the south side of Chicago until I saw what I was looking for--a group of about 25 teenagers near the river! It was a high-crime area, so when I approached them, they all stared at me and wondered what I wanted. I told them I wanted to draw a scenic chalk picture for them that would explain answers to life's three big questions: Where did I come from? Why am I here? and Where am I going? They all expressed interest in this. As I drew the picture and interacted with the group, I tried hard to learn and remember their names. At first, when I asked for a person's name, I was usually told a fictitious one and the group laughed. However, I paid close attention when someone called another person by his real name and began using it as well. Soon the entire group wanted to tell me not only their first names, but also their nicknames, which were a real challenge to remember! When I returned the following week, many of them surprised me by asking, "What is my name?" If I correctly remembered a name, I would receive a big smile, but when I was incorrect, there was disappointment. When the heart of a person whom God is calling us to serve is "locked," we must use keys that will open his heart. There are four simple but effective key ways I've found to show another person that you are genuinely interested in his life and to earn opportunities to serve him.
In our journals this week, let's write down the names of the people whom God wants us to serve and then list the ways in which we are serving or will begin to serve them. As we choose to follow Christ's example by placing the needs of others ahead of our own needs, we will fulfill the purposes God has for our lives and achieve true greatness! |
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