A prospective group leader asked me this morning what my advice would be if his social life centres around Saturday night.
I said, well, it's simple isn't it? You either serve and give up on your social life (of course you can work hard to achieve all sorts of good compromises as I did), or you can give up on the opportunity to be a group leader.
It's obvious that it is one or another, neither will happen without a sacrifice.
But wanting to encourage him, I went on, and as I typed, I discovered a glorious truth I had previously overlooked.
I said, look, some of the apostles, like James and Peter, spent a lot of their time in Jerusalem, amongst brothers. Then we have Paul who was sent to the gentiles. I think God can call us to serve in church or use us as a light to the unbelievers. Either way, bottomline is that we are to serve Him regardless of where.
and here's the realization:
It's not a question about "to serve or not to serve", it is about "where to serve" that is the question.
I really wanted him to know that all the saints will rejoice with him if he serves God as he hangs out with his friends.
But if he serves.
Isn't it glorious? That whether we serve in church or not, that we should all serve the Lord?
I hope God impresses upon his soul the imperative of service and then also the direction He calls him to.
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