VOICE OF TRUTH FOR TODAY
We Are the Hands and Feet of Jesus
Our world celebrates recognition, influence, and success. Jesus celebrated something entirely different.
Service.
He said, “The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45, ESV). Those words have taken on new meaning throughout my recovery journey.
When I first entered recovery, people often talked about service work. Honestly, I didn’t understand it. I was barely holding my own life together. The idea of helping someone else seemed impossible.
But little by little, God began changing my perspective.I discovered that service wasn’t simply about what I could do for others—it was about what God was doing in me.
Addiction isolates us. It convinces us that we’re alone, beyond hope, and defined by our past. Service breaks those chains. It shifts our focus away from ourselves and toward the people God places in front of us.
Jesus modeled this perfectly when He knelt to wash His disciples’ feet. The King of Kings chose humility, demonstrating that no act of service is too small when it is done in love.
I’ve experienced this firsthand while visiting recovery homes and simply listening to someone’s story. I didn’t have all the answers, but I could remind them they weren’t forgotten. Sometimes hope begins with nothing more than showing up.
James reminds us that “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17, NIV). Our faith becomes visible when it moves us to love, encourage, and serve others.
Today, I see every opportunity to serve as a gift from God.
He has taken the broken places in my story and transformed them into bridges of hope for someone else.
That’s what Jesus does. He makes us His hands. He makes us His feet.
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Excerpt from Voice of Truth Magazine
“Recovery Reflections” by Melissa Gissy Witherspoon