The Hands of Christ

By Robert H. Schuller

"Jesus Christ will keep you busy doing good deeds that bring glory and praise to God." - Philippians 1:11 (CEV)
Dr. Louis Evans tells of visiting a mission station in Korea with a medical missionary friend who invited him there to witness a major operation. The surgical ward was a crude shop. The heat was stifling. The odors almost overwhelmed the visiting American minister. But the steady missionary doctor kept at his task with untiring skill. After seven hours he stood up, faced Dr. Evans, and announced that the job was done.

They walked back to the missionary's modest office and Dr. Evans asked him, "How much would you have paid for that operation in America?" "Probably, fifty-five hundred dollars," the doctor answered. Evans said, "I'm curious. How much do you get here in Korea in this mission station?" The doctor picked from his desk a dented copper coin and said, "Well, to begin with - this.

[The patient] came into our mission holding this coin and with tears in her eyes asked me, 'Doctor, do you suppose this would pay for an operation?' I looked at her and said, 'I think so!" He went on, "To begin with, just knowing that my hands for a few hours have been the hands of Jesus Christ that have brought healing a sick woman."
God has no hands but yours to do good in this world.
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Dear Jesus, please use my hands to be instruments of your love and grace today, first to my loved ones and then to anyone You bring across my path.
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