Let’s Not Be A Stumbling Block

The first thing we need to do in Church these days is to discover that God’s work must be done by God’s people in God’s Way.

Vance Havner

We are often to quick to forget that we are all Children of God, it is important that we don’t hinder others from serving Christ in a way. We need to remember that everyone has unique gifts that they have to offer, and if we tell someone that they can’t serve Christ because they aren’t educated enough, they are to young, or that they are of the wrong denomination.

Jesus was out to serve others, at a time when servants were looked down upon, but he showed others that when they humbled themselves they would be rewarded. But there are times we hinder others by letting them not serve, by telling them no they are not educated enough, old enough, or they are of the wrong denomination. We are reminded too that even the smallest things done in Christ’s name matter. So why is it that sometimes we do things to hinder others from serving Christ, or tell them what they are doing doesn’t matter.

It is easy to get so wrapped up in thinking that things have to be one way and one way only, thinking that one denomination matters more than another, or for churches to not offer places for those who are willing to help out in one way or another, they are so convinced that someone who does not have years of seminary, or…