When people talk about serving others, you will often hear comments about how “good” it made them feel. While at times that feeling may be a part of serving, I don’t find anything in the Bible that talks about that as our goal or the measure of whether our service was actually meaningful. In fact, many times true, godly service is hot, smelly, dirty and can even feel unfulfilling.
For your kids to be true, godly servants, they need to have a more biblical idea of what it means to serve. What better way than walking in the sandals of Rebekah for a bit. You remember the story. It was time for Isaac to get married. Abraham wasn’t particularly thrilled with the choice of potential brides where they were, so he sent a servant to find a suitable bride back in their extended family.
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It happened to me again this weekend. In fact, it has happened many times over the years in churches all over the country. As I struggle to take load after huge load of awkward bundles into a church building, I walk past the same people over and over and over.
It seems like every few weeks some area of the world is hit with an earthquake, tornado, hurricane or other natural disaster. Even in highly developed areas like the United States, it can sometimes take days or weeks to get help to affected areas. In countries with a high level of poverty, those few days can mean the difference between surviving and dying. What if your kids could do a survive project that would help people living in areas that regularly have natural disasters?
Family service projects should be a staple of any Christian family. They give your kids a chance to actively serve others and share their faith. Service projects also give your family quality time together doing what God wants your family to be doing. It creates wonderful memories and impresses upon your kids that this is your family identity- serving God by serving people and sharing your faith with them.