1 Thing to Do, No Matter What Your Ministry
Help the poor. Profound. Yes it is. But when you are out in the community, you will have the opportunity to meet people’s needs outside of your core focus. In Nehemiah’s situation, the volunteers who were building the walls needed help. His goal was to build a wall. He could have ignored them, but that wouldn’t have been what God wanted him to do. So he met their needs. In a First Priority situation, you never know whose needs you will have the opportunity to meet along the way. First Priority groups have been known to do backpack programs, feed teachers, sponsor compassion children, provide essentials to families in the school who have had a house fire, work with community development, provide daycare for single moms. You get the idea. Ministry, well the lives of people, are messy. When you get involved, expect messiness. Nehemiah did. You will too. I encourage you to pray through Nehemiah 5 to experience and notice how he reacted to 2 different situations. Your ‘meet someone’s need’ opportunity may be different, but Nehemiah may help influence your path.
Peace,
Brad Schelling
