Serving God through helping others.

Many times we are so involved with what is going on in our own lives that we forget to check to see what is going on around us. There is a whole different feeling when you take a look outside yourself to observe others. You begin to see each person as they are focused on their life and the circle around them.

Then there are those people who are widening their vision to include a concern for others and the world outside of their circle. When you reach out to help others, that is when God is truly at work through you and within you because you take the focus off yourself and onto God to serve Him through helping others. God works through you to accomplish everything and He also provides for you as you do this. There is a special kind of fulfillment in this. It may not be as easy as it seems, because so many times we are attached to what is happening to us and how we feel, that we cannot see beyond that. It takes trust in God and a surrender of yourself to let go and serve. God will provide; He will provide for others and for yourself, all through everyone working together. Recognize the power of God to accomplish everything. True happiness comes from giving and thinking of others, allowing God to provide.

Luke 9: 23
"Whoever wishes to be my follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day and follow in my steps."

PTL