Hands and Feet

Well after a few days it is always fun, and somewhat heart breaking, to sit back and just think about a missions trip....literally, blood sweat, and tears.

The entire trip there were two things that continually went through my mind.

1. The lyrics to an Audio Adrenaline song "Hands and Feet" from their 1999 album Underdog.

"I want to be your hands
I want to be your feet
I'll go where you send me
I'II go where you send me

And I try, yeah I try
To touch the world like
You touched my life
And I find my way
To be your hands."

Check it out if you've never heard it.


2. The words of Jesus in Matthew 25
"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

It so easy to talk of how we must love God and love others, so easy to say that we must share Jesus to the nations, so easy to live out our Christianity at church every weekend, but it is something else entirely to get up and walk and talk and do what Christ has called us to do. What has Christ called us to do? To "love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength...and...to love others as yourself."

Sometimes we think that being the hands and feet of Jesus, to show love to the "least of these", is something that is monumental....something too big for just one person to accomplish. Thing is.....it's not...and it is. It is something that can be done alone or something too grand to happen without the company of a team.

Being Christ's hands and feet is as insignificant as giving someone a ride, raking their leaves, or helping them move. Being Christ's hands and feet is as simple as digging in the dirt, pouring concrete, tying wires, and giving out candy to dirty children.

Don't think that to love God, to be his hands and feet, is something only "they" can do. It is something all of us can do right here, right now. Look around. How can you be God's hands and feet today? Perhaps it's helping that senior citizen....perhaps its getting on a plane to go build something...whatever it is...go and do it!

It's awesome!