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Do unto others as you would do unto Him
Church in the Bay - Media Release in the Herald: 11 May 2020
Source: TCN / Pastor Daan Botha
Date Added: 2020-05-11
Category: General News, Issues - General, Issues - Moral Regeneration,
Date Added: 2020-05-11
Category: General News, Issues - General, Issues - Moral Regeneration,
If there is one thing I have learnt about myself and about us all during lockdown is that the best and the worst in us seems to bubble to the surface daily.
We are sufficiently reminded of the worst in us during our daily and essential dose of Covid-19 news and in having to make amends in our homes for unkind words and actions.
The last thing we need during confinement is another dose of bad news.
So, let’s turn our focus for a moment to some of the best that seems to be surfacing in our nation.
This crisis seems to have brought out the best in our President and his cabinet, who have stepped up to the plate in an unusually efficient, collaborative and empathetic manner.
They are showing promise of being the leaders we need for a time such as this. At last we are seeing signs of what Abraham Lincoln coined, “a government of the people, by the people, for the people”.
The latter part, “for the people”, truly seems to have become their motive, evidenced by an unprecedented voluntary salary cut to contribute towards the plight of the poor.
By no means am I saying that they are perfect, but neither are we.
The Bible tells us to pray for the government who yields the sword of civil authority on our behalf.
Let us pray for them for wisdom, integrity, protection and the will to continue leading us through and beyond this crisis into all the other matters that need decisive and collaborative leadership.
This crisis has also brought out the best in us as South Africans.
Think what you may, the extent of some of the voluntary donations coming from wealthy citizens towards helping the poor and unemployed, is unprecedented.
Their wealth might be enormous, but they still each willingly became a billion rand poorer!
We need to thank them, pray for them and not cast doubts on their motives without cause.
So, what about the rest of us? I have been so heartened by hundreds upon hundreds of stories all across the land of people from all spheres of society, including the poor, widows, pensioners, employed and unemployed all making sacrificial donations, sharing their food and selflessly sharing their salaries to alleviate the plight of the poor.
Thank you, South Africa!
I have been particularly moved by what I have observed first hand amongst the churches and NGOs in our metro over the past five weeks.
Through the combined generosity and tireless efforts of individual churches, collaborative church leader networks, hundreds of volunteers, NGOs and other mission organisations, we have seen an unprecedented wave of donations of finance and food being accessed, collected, packaged and transported to our poorest families and communities.
The full extent of this ongoing charity of the church is enormous and will only be apparent in eternity.
I say thank you to you all and we as the church thank the Lord for the privilege of being the heart, hands and feet of Jesus where it matters most.
That’s who we are. That’s what we do!
Our motive is anchored in a love for God and a love for people and is always guided by the golden rule of behavioural ethics, taught by Jesus himself in Luke 6:31: “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them”.
The virus might move with people, but so does God’s love and generosity.
We do-unto-others because we know that in doing so, we do-unto him.
May the Lord by his grace bring out and harness the best in us all for His sake and for the sake of all South Africans.
Do unto others as you would do unto Him.
Pastor Daan Botha
Harvest Christian Church
We are sufficiently reminded of the worst in us during our daily and essential dose of Covid-19 news and in having to make amends in our homes for unkind words and actions.
The last thing we need during confinement is another dose of bad news.
So, let’s turn our focus for a moment to some of the best that seems to be surfacing in our nation.
This crisis seems to have brought out the best in our President and his cabinet, who have stepped up to the plate in an unusually efficient, collaborative and empathetic manner.
They are showing promise of being the leaders we need for a time such as this. At last we are seeing signs of what Abraham Lincoln coined, “a government of the people, by the people, for the people”.
The latter part, “for the people”, truly seems to have become their motive, evidenced by an unprecedented voluntary salary cut to contribute towards the plight of the poor.
By no means am I saying that they are perfect, but neither are we.
The Bible tells us to pray for the government who yields the sword of civil authority on our behalf.
Let us pray for them for wisdom, integrity, protection and the will to continue leading us through and beyond this crisis into all the other matters that need decisive and collaborative leadership.
This crisis has also brought out the best in us as South Africans.
Think what you may, the extent of some of the voluntary donations coming from wealthy citizens towards helping the poor and unemployed, is unprecedented.
Their wealth might be enormous, but they still each willingly became a billion rand poorer!
We need to thank them, pray for them and not cast doubts on their motives without cause.
So, what about the rest of us? I have been so heartened by hundreds upon hundreds of stories all across the land of people from all spheres of society, including the poor, widows, pensioners, employed and unemployed all making sacrificial donations, sharing their food and selflessly sharing their salaries to alleviate the plight of the poor.
Thank you, South Africa!
I have been particularly moved by what I have observed first hand amongst the churches and NGOs in our metro over the past five weeks.
Through the combined generosity and tireless efforts of individual churches, collaborative church leader networks, hundreds of volunteers, NGOs and other mission organisations, we have seen an unprecedented wave of donations of finance and food being accessed, collected, packaged and transported to our poorest families and communities.
The full extent of this ongoing charity of the church is enormous and will only be apparent in eternity.
I say thank you to you all and we as the church thank the Lord for the privilege of being the heart, hands and feet of Jesus where it matters most.
That’s who we are. That’s what we do!
Our motive is anchored in a love for God and a love for people and is always guided by the golden rule of behavioural ethics, taught by Jesus himself in Luke 6:31: “And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them”.
The virus might move with people, but so does God’s love and generosity.
We do-unto-others because we know that in doing so, we do-unto him.
May the Lord by his grace bring out and harness the best in us all for His sake and for the sake of all South Africans.
Do unto others as you would do unto Him.
Pastor Daan Botha
Harvest Christian Church
Source: TCN / Pastor Daan Botha
Date Added: 2020-05-11
Category: General News, Issues - General, Issues - Moral Regeneration,
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