Don’t Just Stand There

I am about 20 minutes late getting into my study this morning, but I’ve just got to write this (for all 8 of my readers).

In Genesis 42:1 there is a serious problem. There is no food. There is no food in Canaan, but there is food in Egypt. Everyone recognizes the problem, they haven’t eaten in days. But read what Jacob says to his 11 sons, “Why are you staring at one another?” (NASB) In other words, why are you just standing there doing nothing when this huge problem is staring at us in the face (and the stomach).

So often people recognize problems and needs but they are waiting for some one else to fix them. I know Jesus said, “Come, follow me” but after following he took a couple of red-shirt Jewish boys, put them in the game and from reading the NT most of them became pretty good leaders, too.

What needs are you aware of and what are you doing about it?

~ by frohnafactor on July 8, 2008.