If you have a next door neighbor kid who is always coming over, aside from picturing yourself in a TV sitcom (they’re not the only ones with such neighbors), you should ask yourself how you can help this person.
In the old days, before people started moving around all the time, it was common for one home to be the one kids flocked to. Maybe the mom had the best snacks, or maybe the kids felt the most welcome. Either way, that tradition is much less common now. But, there will still be chances to help neighbors and others.
Your first priority, of course, is to make sure your family sees you as mostly their spiritual leader. We see that the Shunammite woman helped her own husband and son by being a Godly example, because that is the most important thing. However, you should always be looking for others who you can help.
Jesus told His disciples something He also wants us to do – “Go ye into all the world.” Now, here’s a silly question – are you on earth? Unless this book makes it aboard the space station, the answer is “Yes.” Well, you might not be called to go to some place far away. But, you are called to go to those in the world. And, people near where you live are just as much part of that command as those around the globe.
We are then told to make disciples of them. That’s what this book is all about. You may not be baptizing them. But, before this book is over, you will see, in one part, a section with a easy path to explain salvation to someone – the Romans Road.
Making disciples of Jesus is much more than just the Romans Road, however, that’s just leading someone to faith in Christ. Even in that – and certainly in discipling them – you must do so in a spirit of meekness, just as was noted above.
