If you're struggling with the question of "How can and how should I be serving God?", then check with the church to whom you've committed (you don't see church as a consumption activity, right?) as to what needs to be done. If you're struggling with the question of "The world is so huge and messed-up; what can I do?", then look around your community to identify the needs right in front of you and fill them. If you're struggling with the question of "There's no church ministry in which I can serve", then brainstorm some ideas and present them.
One of the spiritual disciplines is service. If you wish to begin the process of God replacing your selfishness with the virtue of charity, then this is an excellent way. Are you wiling to wash feet? Your role model is.
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Service seems to be a forgotten virtue in today's world. The modern church seems to have kicked it out the door along with biblical doctrine as well.
In my experiences in the churches I've personally attended, the biblical doctrine can be right on target while simple service is ignored. The attending congregation might "hear but not hear". People like to feel good about ideals, but they don't/won't apply those ideals to the daily decisions of their lives.
Another phenomenon is people who spend their time searching for a 1) grand, world-changing way to serve or a 2) unique highly-personalized self-actualizing way to serve. They're too busy searching to notice the small, unglamorous ways to serve that are all around them.
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