Going the extra step.

Today I read the story of Rebekah, how she was the one choosen to be Isaac's wife. Abraham told his oldest servant to go get a wife for Isaac. So he did and he asked the Lord very specific details about this women. He was at the well and all the maidservants were drawing water and he said that the wife for Isaac would be the one who would draw water for him and his camels. Rebekah was the one who did that and the rest is history. What stood out to me was how Rebekah took that extra step. I know that this was the Lord at work but just think of the hard work that she had to do. Drawing water is a pain in itself but drawing water for camels as well is way over the top. Camels drink tons of water. I personally believe that God didn't force her to do that, I believe that was just the kind of person she was. And because of her character she would be blessed for that. The reason why I think this stood out to me was because I witnessed something like this last night. A new girl came to our college group and she was sitting all by herself and people said hi and introduced themselves but one of the girls took the extra step to make this girl feel welcomed. Instead of just introducing herself and then leaving she had her sit with her and hungout with her the whole night. She made this new girl feel like she was part of the group. What I take from Rebekah's story and what happen yesterday was how important it is to put others before ourselves. How important it is not just for us but for others to go that extra step. This totally rubbed off on me today at work. I wasn't doing because I wanted to get something out of it, but because I know that God would have me do that. Hello the second greatest command is to love others.
Now you might be thinking that going the extra step is a waist of time or it's not as important as I'm making it out to be. But by going that extra step to say hi to someone, love on them, even just seeing how they are doing can really make a huge difference in someones life. I end with this, one of the greatest feelings I've ever experienced is being apart of making a differenece in people's lives. It's an unexpessible joy. Joy isn't the only thing you will experience, I believe just as Rebekah was blessed so will you when you go the extra step to put others before yourself.
So my prayer for us today is that we would start seeing people the way Jesus did. I pray that our hearts would change so we would want to put others before ourselves. I pray that we would take things one day at a time and for strength and faith for us to let God be God.