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Wheelbarrow Christians
Down here in the Eastern Caribbean where I spend a great deal of time, they have an expression, “Wheelbarrow Christians.” The first time I heard it I wasn’t sure what it meant, but I finally figured it out.
A “Wheelbarrow Christian” is someone who always has to be pushed, and never takes on more than is placed on them by someone else. In other words, a person with no initiative and one who does no more than is absolutely necessary or expected of them. I know a lot of people like that. They say there is nothing to do for the Lord, they wait for others to ask them to take a Sunday school class or go with them on some venture for the Lord. They don’t see that the chairs need to be arranged for the next meeting, the dishes need to be done after the fellowship meal, or that hymnbooks need to be handed out for the gospel service. They are always waiting to be asked or pushed to do the work of the Lord. Does this describe you?
There is much to do for the Lord today! Don’t wait to be pushed into it. “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35).
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