Getting help from people in my congregation to visit and do evangelism outreach in our community is not easy. Of course, I’m not the best leader in the world, either.
All of us need to improve in our own right, and this post from Keith Haney can help.
This is a famous fable about four people in the church whose names were Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
The church had financial responsibilities, and Everybody was asked to help. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it. But you know who did it? Nobody. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
Then the church grounds needed some work, and Somebody was asked to help. But Somebody got angry about that, because Anybody could have done it just as well and, after all, it was Everybody’s job. In the end, the work was given to Nobody, and Nobody did an excellent job.
On and on this went. Whenever work was to be done, Nobody could always be counted on. Nobody visited the sick. Nobody gave liberally. Nobody shared his faith. In short, Nobody was a very faithful…
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