In his sermon 'The Meaning of Occupy Till I Come,' Alexander Strauch emphasizes the importance of being active and positive as Christians. He warns against passivity and despondency, which he describes as tools of the devil, and encourages believers to engage in various ministries such as prayer, phone, and card writing. Strauch highlights the significance of the 'one another' commands found in the New Testament, underscoring serving, praying for, and caring for one another. He stresses that despite the world's problems, Christians should remain hopeful, as the best is yet to come with the Lord's presence. Encouragement is presented as a vital ministry, and believers are urged to be busy for Jesus and find ways to contribute to their community.

Don't back off, don't be passive, don't be despondent. We are to be active for the Lord. There's much to do. There's so much in the New Testament about the one another commands, serving one another, praying for one another, caring for one another. There's much to do.

There's so many needs. So we have to be very careful of despondency, which is a great tool of the devil, and well we go there's so many problems in the world. Well you know what? If I'm reading the Christian faith right, we should be a very positive people. The best is yet to head.

The Lord is with us. We're not alone. And in the hardest of times, we see God's wonderful, gracious hand in our lives. So that's what I would say, occupy till I come. Be busy for Jesus.

And if you're not busy, why not call me on the phone. I'll tell you plenty of things we can do. We can all have prayer ministries. We can have phone ministries, card writing ministries. My wife writes lots of cards and letters every day.

People love it. Just picking up the phone and calling senior citizens in your church, people who are suffering, people need encouragement. Pray on the phone. There is so much to do and there's the whole ministry of encouragement. That's an actual a gift, encouragement.