Do I Really Have to Do It?

Ever dislike doing something that you know you have to do? Things like:

*taking out the trash
*driving the roads at 4:00 a.m. on a bad winter day to determine if we are going to have school
*cleaning the house
*washing dishes
*changing diapers
*disciplining your kids
*confronting a friend about a tough issue

I could go on and on.

There are many things we as Christians must do that we might not enjoy doing but God needs His children to do as His ambassadors on earth:

*visiting someone who has just lost a loved one. What do I say?
*visiting someone very ill in the hospital
*a late night phone call from someone that needs help
*confronting someone that is involved in sin

the list could go on and on…..

Many times I think that someone else will do it. I don’t have to. But then I picture Jesus. He had to do it. No one else could. He was the only one that could bear that cross for me. The sacrifice that Jesus gave was so great and what He asks of me is so small.


“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross”Philippians 2:8