What Fuels Them?
Theme of the Week: God's Love Demonstrated
Lee Strobel
Monday, January 8, 2007
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Key Bible Verse: "I have been a constant example of how you can help the poor by working hard" (Acts 20:35). Bonus Reading: Luke 10:25-37
As a cub reporter for the Chicago Tribune, I was assigned to write a 30-part series on the poor of Chicago. Roaming the city in search of appropriate families to write about, my eyes were opened to the vast, informal network of Christians sacrificially serving the poor. I came upon food pantries, homeless shelters, clothing centers, job-training institutes, nursing homes, drug rehab programs, sports ministries for kids—all run by Christian charities.
An emergency shelter for homeless families operated by the Salvation Army especially inspired me. I became a regular there, hanging around to talk with displaced families but also observing the volunteers who poured their lives into serving these otherwise forgotten people. For me personally, the Tribune assignment faded into the background as I began focusing on the much larger story of what was motivating these Christians to give so much of their time, energy, and money to helping others.
These volunteers weren't serving reluctantly. On the contrary, it appeared to energize them, flowing naturally out of their lives. I got the sense that they simply couldn't not serve.
As an atheist, it didn't make sense to me. I wanted to know why.
—Lee Strobel in God's Outrageous Claims
My Response: When have I been energized by serving someone?
Adapted from God's Outrageous Claims (Zondervan, 1997, 2005) by permission.
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Lord, please motivate me to reflect Your compassionate heart to hurting people around me.
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