Do Not Despise Those You Are Called To Serve

“And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.” Acts 10:15 NKJV

Growth teaches us the difference between good and bad. With the experiences we’ve had, we pronounce judgements easily and fast, without hesitation. Sometimes we would have judged a matter without understanding why we had such a perspective.

This ability to tell differences can be both a blessing and a curse. When you do it right, you save yourself from sudden harm. When you do it wrong, you block yourself from the blessings that the right perspective has to offer.

It’s possible to look at your gifts and regard them as useless because they’re not profound like the gifts your friend has, or they look unrelated to the goals you’ve set for yourself. There was a time when I regarded the ability to easily make new friends as being better than my strategic thinking ability. I always felt one gift short of greatness.

It’s okay to desire what you don’t have. But it’s not okay to ignore what you already have. Even if you finally receive what you want, you’ll almost immediately dump it to desire the very next thing because gratitude and contentment for what you have aren’t present.

When you look down on what you have, it also causes you to neglect those who need it. They won’t matter anymore because the very tool that you’d use to reach them has been buried. At that point, you become like Peter in our focus scripture who was presented with an offer that looked unclean according to his standards and so, rejected it thrice.

How many times have you felt that nudge to unearth what you have buried? Have many insights have you received about those who need your help? Are you also consistently turning down the offer? It’s time to change your thinking so you can change your life and the lives of those who need you.