Worms Eat Dirt
John 13:34-35
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples..."
(JOHN 13:34)
Gardeners love worms. Worms tunnel through the ground, aerating the soil and making nutrients available to roots. These blind, slimy creatures work in the garden every day, seven days a week and draw no salary. Without them the gardener would have more work to do and added expense.
And how do they perform this valuable service? They eat dirt.
In the church we all have an important job. It is to "love one another" (John 13:35). We may have different roles as pastors, teachers, helpers, evangelists and such, but they are not the job itself. Nobody in the church has a more important job than anyone else because we all have the same job: loving one another.
When we forget this, we develop a "spectator factor." The many sit around watching the few. What would a garden be like if most of the earthworms lazed around watching two or three worms aerate the soil? Our important job in the church is to love one another. And that's a lot better than eating dirt.
INSIGHT
DON'T JUST SHOW UP AT CHURCH. GIVE SOME THOUGHT AND PREPARATION TO HOW YOU WILL LOVE OTHERS WHEN YOU GET THERE.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
1 Kings 2-3
Psalm 150
2 Timothy 3-4
John 13:34-35
John 13:34-35
New International Version (NIV)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
LETTING GO OF THE TRY-HARD LIFE [PART 3]
with Emily Freeman
Life can seem like a struggle. Far too many of us suffer silently, feeling trapped and trying to live like Christians on our own strength. This is not what God intended.
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