Tough Question

Extremely Tough Choice To Make

Question: If you were headed to church and you see an accident, you are serving in church on that day (i.e. worship team). Would you stop to help or go straight to church?


Think about it for a second.
Tough choice isn't it?

Common typical Malaysian reply; "Go church lah, the accident none of our business what. God more important."
( Of course not all will say this. I'm just generalizing. )

Some would ask instead; "What would Jesus do?"

Indeed, what WOULD Jesus do? Serving the Father is what we are called to do yet helping those in need is ALSO what we are called to do. Which is which now?

Well, after giving it some deep thought as well as inspiration coming to me. I have finally come up with a sensible enough answer by my standards.

My answer would be; stop and help.

Why?

Well, first off, if say you are in the worship team and you are late for church, the worship team can still carry on without you by playing maybe in a different style. Also, worship does not come from the band on stage or the song, it comes from the heart. Incomplete as the team may be on that particular day, a simple acoustic worship or even an acapella worship will do. If you are serving in other ministries such as hospitality, or ushering, or communion or pastoral staff, just a call ahead to notify and they will be able to find replacements.

"If that's the case, then you are neglecting your responsibility in church."

The question is this; is your responsibility in church more important or your responsibility towards God?

Sure enough, you made a commitment to serve in church. But you made a covenant with God to serve with your life.

In church, 99.99% of attendance are believers. What if the people involved in the accident are not? And even if they were, you would just be a testimony to them by blessing them like the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35).

Matthew 9:9-13

The Calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The people at church can continue even with your absence. But the people involved in the car accident may need the love of Christ at that very moment and you may just be that beacon of light. Even if they are believers, they will feel a lot better if someone is there to reassure them that Jesus loves them no matter what.


So, that's my answer. Hope you enjoyed it. =)
Of course if you disagree, feel free to leave a comment in my cbox.