“Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness…”(Matt 6:33). As God has reminded me of this time and time again, he has shown me how nothing can be accomplished without first seeking him (look at Peter walking on water for example). It is equally the same with service. The only way we can effectively serve others is to first “be” in the presence of our Lord.
Service is an expression of our overwhelming love for him.
Oswald Chambers said;
“[It] is the overflow that pours out from a life filled with love and devotion. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God. It is then that service becomes a natural part of my life….”
If our eyes are FIRST fixed on the goal, on our dear Lord. As we remember WHO he is and WHAT he has done for us, as we spend time with Him in His presence and bathing in His love, our service will be a natural response and a delight. As we will desire others to know the Lord we do, we will long to share what has first been shared with us. We will be filled with the LORDS will, thoughts and compassion and as we admit that we are unable to complete the task he will, in our weakness, be strong and be our ability.
The answer? We cannot be servants without first totally abandoning ourselves to the one who came to serve us. We cannot pour out until we allow ourselves to be poured into and remain in total, daily, hourly, minutely communion with our beloved. Until we are filled with the compassion of the Lord and are reminded of who we first fell in love with, we can never expect to be able to effectively impart his love and will end up striving and failing due to the reaction of those we try and serve in our own strength.
Oswald chambers said
”If our devotion is the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken hearted, since we are often confronted by great ingratitude from others. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will hinder us from serving one another.”
If we are to emulate our Lord, we must be seeking to be dousing ourselves in humble service of others through the Lords strength, as HE prompts us, so as to win people to the kingdom and reaffirm their value and worth.
Do we seek to serve others so that those Christians around us see us as more “spiritual” and for the “feel good factor”? Or do we serve out of an unquenchable love for our Lord with whom we spend every waking minute, a desire to be more Christ-like and a deep-seated love for those around us? It’s an impossible task but that is what is so great. In our complete inability and weakness, God has the room he needs to be strong and use us. All we need do is;
“Seek first the kingdom of God…”
Service is an expression of our overwhelming love for him.
Oswald Chambers said;
“[It] is the overflow that pours out from a life filled with love and devotion. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God. It is then that service becomes a natural part of my life….”
If our eyes are FIRST fixed on the goal, on our dear Lord. As we remember WHO he is and WHAT he has done for us, as we spend time with Him in His presence and bathing in His love, our service will be a natural response and a delight. As we will desire others to know the Lord we do, we will long to share what has first been shared with us. We will be filled with the LORDS will, thoughts and compassion and as we admit that we are unable to complete the task he will, in our weakness, be strong and be our ability.
The answer? We cannot be servants without first totally abandoning ourselves to the one who came to serve us. We cannot pour out until we allow ourselves to be poured into and remain in total, daily, hourly, minutely communion with our beloved. Until we are filled with the compassion of the Lord and are reminded of who we first fell in love with, we can never expect to be able to effectively impart his love and will end up striving and failing due to the reaction of those we try and serve in our own strength.
Oswald chambers said
”If our devotion is the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken hearted, since we are often confronted by great ingratitude from others. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will hinder us from serving one another.”
If we are to emulate our Lord, we must be seeking to be dousing ourselves in humble service of others through the Lords strength, as HE prompts us, so as to win people to the kingdom and reaffirm their value and worth.
Do we seek to serve others so that those Christians around us see us as more “spiritual” and for the “feel good factor”? Or do we serve out of an unquenchable love for our Lord with whom we spend every waking minute, a desire to be more Christ-like and a deep-seated love for those around us? It’s an impossible task but that is what is so great. In our complete inability and weakness, God has the room he needs to be strong and use us. All we need do is;
“Seek first the kingdom of God…”
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