Musick-al Note # 274
I do not know how you would answer this question but we must all decide sometime just what we are going to do in relation to the Lord’s work. Our responsibilities may be different in their particulars but they are connected and relate to every other Christian in the entity of Christianity. The work that I am to do and the work you are to do should complement each other so that a specific end will result.
My personal responsibility includes a study of the Word correct daily living, visiting and caring for my family as all Christians should. There is encouraging the weak, writing these notes to help teach the lost and to help Christians grow. Each of these areas of life take some time to accomplish so that soon all of living is filled with responsibilities that must be accepted and met with an obedient heart. The failing of health in old age crowds too much of time and failure of strength is a major element in trying to accomplish all these things. It is true in any area, whether family, friends or recreation, so the Christian must measure constantly what he does as to its relative merit as it fits into the complete picture of his responsibilities.
I had always thought that a Christian should make the best of any situation in which he found himself so he could serve the Lord in the best way. He did not seek to blame others for any failing or shortcoming of his own life. Even while seeing the same failings and shortcoming in others of the church, he sought only to improve himself and help others as the opportunity arose. This attitude seems to have changed in the Lord’s church. It is so easy to blame others and excuse oneself. If “they” don’t act better then neither will I. If things aren’t going as they should then don’t ask me to help, get someone else. If all fails, it is the preacher’s fault or the elders’ fault or someone else’s’, not mine. If you insist on my doing something, then I’ll move to another congregation or quit entirely. It seems that Christians have the attitude that their responsibility as a Christians is to do what they want to do without regard to the rest of the body of Christ.
What is your responsibility as a Christian?
Gordon Musick
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