Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Kingdom Opportunism by Andy Taylor
An ‘opportunist’ is someone who takes advantage of someone else’s misfortune for his own benefit. But I believe there’s such a thing as ‘kingdom’ opportunism. I’ll explain. There are many times when individuals or families are going through severe trials. It may be that someone in the family has died. Maybe someone is in the hospital for serious surgery. It might be a house fire that destroys everything a family owns. Maybe a negligent dad has walked away from his marriage leaving a mother and children with no income. Well, an opportunist would seize the situation. He would find a way to take advantage of the misfortune to benefit himself. But ‘kingdom opportunism’ is altogether different. As kingdom people we should also seize the situation. But in our case, what we should do is find a way to show them the kingdom! It’s our opportunity to show them by our conduct, our care and our concern how God is! We should be on the lookout for those who are experiencing misfortune in their lives. We should be aggressive and take the initiative to help them with whatever need that they might have. There are so many people out there who don’t have anyone around them to give them spiritual stability. For some….no one is praying for them. Nobody is there to give them the help that they need. In many cases….nobody cares! God cares! He cares very deeply and if we are acquiring His heart we will also be caring. What is keeping us from doing it now? Is it a lack of time? Is it finances? Is it the lack of knowing just what to do? Do we expect someone else to do it. Just what is it? Why can’t the church just do what the church was designed to do?
I believe that these are some of the very people who will do valiant exploits in the name of the Lord in these last days. But who will rescue them? Who will be the advocate for the poor? Some churches just take the ‘comers’. But there will be some who ‘go after’ those who are in dire straits. Oh, and the other thing…..the help has to be given with no strings attached! The help should be ‘from the heart’ and from a desire to show them the kingdom! God can sort the rest of it out!
An ‘opportunist’ is someone who takes advantage of someone else’s misfortune for his own benefit. But I believe there’s such a thing as ‘kingdom’ opportunism. I’ll explain. There are many times when individuals or families are going through severe trials. It may be that someone in the family has died. Maybe someone is in the hospital for serious surgery. It might be a house fire that destroys everything a family owns. Maybe a negligent dad has walked away from his marriage leaving a mother and children with no income. Well, an opportunist would seize the situation. He would find a way to take advantage of the misfortune to benefit himself. But ‘kingdom opportunism’ is altogether different. As kingdom people we should also seize the situation. But in our case, what we should do is find a way to show them the kingdom! It’s our opportunity to show them by our conduct, our care and our concern how God is! We should be on the lookout for those who are experiencing misfortune in their lives. We should be aggressive and take the initiative to help them with whatever need that they might have. There are so many people out there who don’t have anyone around them to give them spiritual stability. For some….no one is praying for them. Nobody is there to give them the help that they need. In many cases….nobody cares! God cares! He cares very deeply and if we are acquiring His heart we will also be caring. What is keeping us from doing it now? Is it a lack of time? Is it finances? Is it the lack of knowing just what to do? Do we expect someone else to do it. Just what is it? Why can’t the church just do what the church was designed to do?
I believe that these are some of the very people who will do valiant exploits in the name of the Lord in these last days. But who will rescue them? Who will be the advocate for the poor? Some churches just take the ‘comers’. But there will be some who ‘go after’ those who are in dire straits. Oh, and the other thing…..the help has to be given with no strings attached! The help should be ‘from the heart’ and from a desire to show them the kingdom! God can sort the rest of it out!
Labels: Benefit, Kingdom, Misfortune, Need, Opportunism
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