The world is pampering
us with convenience that is why it’s easy for us to give up on people. It is
easy to call it quit when the going gets tough with the people we are serving.
From convenience store, buying online, ordering food at the comfort of home,
drive through teller for money withdrawal and yes, even entering a store, the
door opens for you! We are becoming a lazy generation without us even knowing
it! That is why at the smallest discomfort we quit.
This is very telling in
terms of our family, career, love life and service.
1. We quit on our family.
We don’t visit or talk to them we are too busy. We don’t even help them; we
only go back when we need them only to realize it’s too late anymore.
2. We quit on our job so
easily. A little struggle here and there with co-workers, boss or even on work
itself, we resign. We don’t aspire to study and improve ourselves.
3. We quit on love life. We
change relationships like changing a wardrobe! Worst, we don’t even own the
wardrobe we just use them!
4. We quit on service. If
it stresses you out, it’s not going your way, it’s encroaching on your “life”,
we quit!
So okay, all valid
reasons, so maybe somebody should have told your parents not to get pregnant of you because it was inconvenient. Or, somebody should tell companies not to hire you
because you cannot handle stress, co-workers and the boss. Or maybe, somebody
should broadcast to all the sisters (if you are a brother) or to all brothers
(if you are a sister) that you are a user and you just wear them at your
comfort and then discard them. Or maybe, somebody should tell God to stop
looking after you, stop serving you and stop listening at your prayers because
it’s too uncomfortable and inconvenient for Him to serve you. Maybe this is
fair.
“I’ll serve as long as
it fits me. If it fits with my lifestyle, my schedule and my stage of life,
then okay.” This is a very narrow way of looking at things. God did not created
us out of convenience. Serving out of convenience is not service it's just
filling out your spare time. It is devoid of sacrifice. Service without
sacrifice is no service at all!
The story of creation or
the entire salvation history culminating in the passion, death and resurrection
of our Lord for that matter is not a story of convenience. If this is our
gauge, then I think we need to change our perspective on service for certainly
our salvation was not out of convenience.
Lord, may we not look
for convenience in serving You, but when difficulties come, grant us the grace
to find use and joy of it. Amen.
by aats
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