February 2009

01.23.2009

The beginning of Ecclesiastes 9:10 says, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” This verse is all about serving the Lord. Serving or not serving the Lord is a choice that each person makes. When you decide, “My life is not going to be about myself. I’m not going to be a part of the problem; I want to be a part of the solution. I know what God’s will is, God wants me to become a servant – He wants me to serve,” then you begin to get a glimpse of what the Christian life is all about.

The deeper significance of being a Christian will elude you until you decide that you are going to roll up your sleeves and begin serving. Every week there are responsibilities in God’s kingdom, and it takes each member to serve in order for church life and ministries to function the way God intended.

If you never serve, then your Christian walk will always seem like nothing more than an obligation, and God’s discipline will feel like a burden. God is calling you to imitate Christ in regular, humble, and faithful service. Without serving you will only know the duty and never the delight of a deeper Christian life. You’ll never experience long-term growth in your Christian life until you serve in a personal ministry.

Some of the men at ARBC are going through Experiencing God in order to better understand God’s will. We don’t have to ask God if He wants us to serve; He has called every one of us (not just the men) into a lifetime of service. God wants to do something great with you if you will allow Him to work through you while you serve. “...for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” (Phil 2:13) He’s called you to serve by doing something somewhere, so whatever that is, do it with your whole heart, and you can know that you have lived a great life for Christ and His Kingdom.

Until next month,
Danny Joe

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