Fruits of the Spirit:qualiteis of a good christian

Fruits of the Spirit:qualiteis of a good christian

Posted on December 22, 2008 Updated on December 22, 2008

CUP OF COLD WATER
Memorise: “I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35)
Read: Exodus 2:1-10

Pastor E. Adeboye,RCCG

God expects us to cater for those He brings our way. According to Matthew 10:42, a cup of cold water offered to others attracts a reward. In a sense, a cup of cold water could be symbolic. Water is something very vital to which almost everyone has access. That means that God expects you to be hospitable to strangers, visitors, first comers and new converts because He has already deposited within you something precious that can benefit them. Serving the water cold refers to the need for extra effort in using what you have for the good of others.

Your cup of cold water could be a warm handshake, encouraging words, efforts at following up a new comer or convert to your church; meeting a financial or material need of someone, standing in the gap for an embattled brother or sister, etc. Dishing out a cup of cold water can bring unquantifiable reward.

Besides, you cannot tell the impact it will make on the recipient’s destiny. You might even be fortunate to serve it to a potential child of destiny. According to today’s reading, when Pharaoh’s daughter saw baby Moses in the basket at river Nile, she assumed he was a motherless baby. She had a cup of cold water to offer him, and she never kept it back. She took him up, named him and raised him in the palace without knowing she was nursing a national deliverer, and one of the most anointed men in history!

There are several children of destiny among those attending your house fellowship, bible study or Sunday School. You can never tell if one of those ‘little ones’ you are serving a cup of cold water would become the president, a governor or a very influential person tomorrow. Never keep your cup to yourself.

As a young convert, we normally attended Bible study on Tuesdays. It was agreed between my wife and I that I should come for Bible study straight from work. One Tuesday, I was so occupied with official assignments that I had to skip lunch. On getting to church, I was very hungry. A brother called me aside and served me food. Up till now, I cannot tell how he knew that I was hungry. Although this incident took place in 1973, yet every time I recall that day, I pray for the brother.

At that time, he never knew he was feeding a potential General Overseer. Dishing out that cup of cold water can meet a need in the life of your brother. Stop holding back. That deed of kindness could change somebody’s life. It can affect somebody’s destiny. Never joke with it!

You are the cup. God has already put the water in you. Serve it cold to the needy ones around you.