Focus verse: Acts 9:39 – "Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them."
I have often seen different kinds buildings but whenever I see them I am able to judge their workmanship differently based on how the builder did his job. Whereas all the builders may have the same material and time to do the job but the outcome can widely vary. A good job markets the builder by its self while a poor workmanship fetches no market for the builder. In other words, your service can always market you and may want people to wish that you still serve with them for a longer period.
Dorcas is a good example in the Bible for us to copy. She lived an impactful life and spent her time, skills and talents to serve others. She could make robes and other clothing and share them with the poor. She had done so much so that when she fell sick and died, the people she had served felt a big void and wept bitterly for her life. We are told that the ladies carried the robes to where she laid upstairs and showed Peter all these evidence of a great work that she did while a live. Dorcas had lived a life of love for others and served from the bottom of her heart. She used a thread and a needle to work out different robes and never used her skills to exploit others but for God’s service.
Just like Docras, we all have the chance to serve God. We all have God given gifts and talents and God wants us to use them to serve others. God has given us different resources but He desires of us to use them in touching other peoples’ lives. Have we served in a manner that when we are absent then we are missed by the people we have served? Can the people around us give some evidence of our work to the Lord as the ladies did with Dorcas robes? What is it that we have that the people around us will remember and thank God for? Are there something’s that the people can show/point as your evidence of service to the Lord even in churches we serve at? Each day that we pray for God to give us a new day to live, then we should ask ourselves how we spent the previous days He allowed us to live. God wants us to spend every moment of our lives to serve Him and be a blessing to others. The Christian life is not a life of self-centeredness but a life of giving for the sake of others just like God did to us through his Son. Colossians 3:23 – "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."
Pastor Eliazar Wambo
Bethesda Faith Ministries
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