Hands-and-Feet Worship
By Elizabeth Cole
By Elizabeth Cole
"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share."
1 Timothy 6:18
As usual, hundreds of people met at the church I attend to worship together two Sundays ago. They worshiped with their voices through singing; they worshiped with their hearts and minds through studying what God was saying to us through His Word, the Bible…and then they set out together in jeans and t-shirts to worship with their hands and feet for the rest of the morning.
Some worshiped by sorting donated clothing for our community’s free warehouse.
A bunch of others cleared trails and planted mums at local schools.
Groups of them sang and served ice cream to seniors in a local nursing home.
One team painted a home for those in need; another cleaned a community outreach home.
Families weeded and harvested at a community garden that supplies one of our local food pantries.
A mom and her daughter worshiped by making lunch for those who’d been cleaning the bike trail.
Others packed up their kiddos and went to the local county park to spread fall wood chips.
Scripture says that as a Christ-follower, my life is not my own. In fact, the spiritual reality is that “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). And doesn’t it make sense that the Jesus who engaged His “community” and looked with compassion on those around Him and responded to need, the same Jesus whose Spirit lives within, would compel us to act in the same way?
Delight in worshiping our God today…with voice, heart, mind, hands and feet!
GOING DEEPER:
1. Where will you worship and do good today, for the sake of Christ?
FURTHER READING:
Matthew 5:16; Eph. 2:10; Galatians 6:8-10
Elizabeth is a wife, mother to one adult and two teen-aged daughters, and Director of Women’s Ministries at Oakwood Church.
Some worshiped by sorting donated clothing for our community’s free warehouse.
A bunch of others cleared trails and planted mums at local schools.
Groups of them sang and served ice cream to seniors in a local nursing home.
One team painted a home for those in need; another cleaned a community outreach home.
Families weeded and harvested at a community garden that supplies one of our local food pantries.
A mom and her daughter worshiped by making lunch for those who’d been cleaning the bike trail.
Others packed up their kiddos and went to the local county park to spread fall wood chips.
Scripture says that as a Christ-follower, my life is not my own. In fact, the spiritual reality is that “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). And doesn’t it make sense that the Jesus who engaged His “community” and looked with compassion on those around Him and responded to need, the same Jesus whose Spirit lives within, would compel us to act in the same way?
Delight in worshiping our God today…with voice, heart, mind, hands and feet!
GOING DEEPER:
1. Where will you worship and do good today, for the sake of Christ?
FURTHER READING:
Matthew 5:16; Eph. 2:10; Galatians 6:8-10
Elizabeth is a wife, mother to one adult and two teen-aged daughters, and Director of Women’s Ministries at Oakwood Church.
