Who Do You Serve?

Choose you this day who you will serve. This is something that I think about often. Who do you serve? Maybe you say that you don't serve anyone, but if you were to be totally honest you would have to say that you do. Even if you don't serve anyone else, you serve yourself. We all serve someone, some are better at it than others. I mean you've had poor service in a restaurant haven't you? There are just some people who are more predisposed to serving that others.

It's really funny because in the Kingdom of God we are encouraged to serve one another. Jesus actually told the disciples that in order to become first in the Kingdom you had to serve everyone else. He even said that He didn't come to be served, but to serve. Serving is a prerequisite in the Kingdom of God. He expects that we are going to serve, but do we do that willingly?

Every day we have choices to make. Some of them are simple and others are more complex, but we choose and nobody can choose for us. In order to really serve someone well, you have to make the choice to do so. And in order for your choice to matter, you have to do it willingly. We've all been there, you need to serve someone at work say and you do what is expected of you, but you grumble and complain the whole time you are doing it. That is not really serving. Serving the way that it is supposed to be done is doing what is required of you, and having a great attitude while you're doing it.

I think the main thing to bring with you when you serve is the knowledge that even if this is something that you would rather not be doing at the moment, you go ahead and do whatever is required of you to the best of your ability and place your own desires and wants on the back burner. A little delayed gratification never hurt anyone, yet I know from my own life that my flesh sure tries to tell me that it does.

Life is busy, we have things pulling us from a thousand different directions, but if we will choose to serve our fellow man, God will see to it that we are promoted at the right time and in the right place. His plan for our lives is so much greater than we could ever imagine, and if we will walk the way He tells us to in Scripture and serve those around us, He will see to it that we have everything that we need. That's just how we do it in the Kingdom of God.

Strength and honor for the Kingdom and the King!