How May I Serve You?

Bible Reading:  Luke 22:47-53

Key Verse: Verse 51 - “And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

    Key Words: And he touched his ear, and healed him

Jesus is healing the Roman soldier’s ear; but He did more than heal, He served.  Great things can be accomplished for God when we simply say to others, “Yes, I’ll serve you.”

A young student from mainland China was sent to America to attend the University of Texas.  This Communist youth got lost and confused in the Dallas airport.  He approached several people and in his broken English asked, “Are you a Christian?”  Several persons answered no, though they didn’t speak a word.  Their actions spoke for them.  He approached a businessman with the inquiry.  Warmly, the executive responded, “Yes, how may I serve you?”  The youth explained his confusion and need for aid in finding his way through the terminal to catch his flight to Austin.  “Austin is my home.  I am on my way there now.  Come with me and I will help you,” said the new American friend.  As they waited at the gate for their flight, the businessman inquired why he had been asked if he were a Christian.  The student explained that an older friend from China had attended school at UT.  Upon learning the youth was coming to America, he told him that if he had a need to find a Christian and he would help him.

The root of that help was even more specifically identified when the businessman invited the student to attend his church.  The young Chinese later came to know Christ as his personal Savior simply because a Christian said, “Yes, how may I serve you?”

                                                                                                Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:  

✞ Everyday have the attitude of, “Yes, how may I serve you?”