Sometimes You Just Have to Do Something

Sometimes you just have to do something. Salt doesn’t do any good in the cupboard and a light is useless until you flip the switch. So if we want to allow God to use us and to be salt and light sometimes you just have to start doing something and let God guide you.

For awhile God had put a burden on my heart for the homeless. But how do you help? My 6 year old son said we should just buy them a house. If only we could really help like that. But really what can one family do? It was easy to get overwhelmed at how big the problem is and allow that overwhelming feeling to paralyze us into inaction. Then one night during family devotions, God laid it on our heart to do something. To start.

So our family has begun fixing a meal and taking it to the Walmart parking lot every Tuesday night. During the week we stop by and say hi and introduce ourselves to any homeless people we see and invite them to the Tuesday night dinner. What I have learned is that one dinner and a couple hours a week isn’t much, but it’s a start and I’m excited to see where God takes it. I don’t share in an attempt to say, “Look at us,” because like I said we really aren’t doing much.

I share to say, “Do something.” Whatever the burden God has placed on your heart for ministry, find a way to start and get involved. Maybe you like the idea God has given us and want to do the same thing on another night of the week. That’d be awesome. Maybe you can’t do that, but you can come down on Tuesdays and bring some clothes. Or maybe you have something completely different that God is calling you to. Whatever it is… do something.

Someone told me this past week that it’s like a car. We give God control of the steering wheel, but if the car isn’t moving it's hard to steer the car. You want God to steer your life? Get the car moving and allow Him to steer you. Even if you are going in the wrong direction, it is easier for God to turn you around if you are at least moving. I know the analogy isn’t perfect. No analogy is, but it makes a good point.

So get the salt out of the cupboard and flip on the light switch and just watch how God changes lives through you.