Am I excited to help?

2 Corinthians 9: ² For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.

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“What are you guys doing” my supervisor inquired. We had lost track of the time and didn’t realize and hour and a half had passed. “Have you unloaded the truck yet” were the next words out of his mouth. Our laughter and smiles were replaced with reluctance and remorse.

“Just watch yourselves; you know you can be replaced.” While these were not the most motivating words, they rang true. He wanted someone who wanted to be there to work.

• When I do things out of reluctance I don’t put my all to it.
• When I perform tasks I don’t want to do, I half do them without caring about the outcome.
• When I see a painful thing coming towards me, I calculate just how much pain I can tolerate and it usually isn’t much.

Being ambivalent or having animosity towards a task or situation leaves me in a state of low enthusiasm.  I find myself going through the motions rather than attacking it with power and excitement. Unfortunately I treat GOD this way. I mean when I’m not getting my way I find myself giving up on serving HIM or waiting on HIM.

• GOD wants me to be excited about HIS gift of salvation so HE wants me to be eager to help.
• GOD desires that I know HE already has a great outcome to the problem so HE wants me to be eager to help.
• GOD wishes that I understand HIS unconditional love and HE loves when I am eager to help.

My eagerness to show mercy, love, generosity and kindness draw people to GOD in ways I don’t understand. When I see people who are going through trouble, yet they are eager to serve I get inspired. I don’t mean to be phony, I mean they know they have issues and refuse to let them get them down.

• Are you eager to serve GOD?
• Are you excited to face whatever comes your way today?
• Are you enthusiastic about the outcome GOD has determined for you?
• Will you show someone your excitement today?