Are you serving God because of what you can gain
from Him or you are serving God because that’s the purpose you were created
for? Do you really love God or you are just afraid of going to hell?
God wants willing, wholehearted service. He never
forces us to do his will. It is Satan who will stop at nothing to pressure or
entice people into doing his will. In connection with serving God, the Bible
does speak of obligation, commandments, requirements, and so forth. (Ecclesiastes 12:13; Luke 1:6) Yet, our
prime motive for serving God is that we love him.
Regardless of how much Paul spent himself in God’s
service, he knew that this would mean nothing at all ‘if he did not have love.’
(1 Corinthians
13:1-3) When Bible writers refer to Christians as slaves of God, they are
not referring to abject servitude based on coercion. (Romans 12:11; Colossians 3:24)
What is meant is willing subjection based on deep, heartfelt love for
God and his Son, Jesus Christ.—Matthew 22:37; 2 Corinthians
5:14;
1 John 4:10, 11.
God doesn’t want people who serve simply because
of what they can get. He is looking for true worshipper who will worship Him
for Who He is.
Serving God is utterly different from serving
anyone else.
God is extremely jealous that we understand this —
and enjoy it. For example, he commands us, “Serve the Lord with gladness!”
(Psalm 100:2).
There is a reason for this gladness. It is given in Acts 17:25.
God is not “served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he
himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.”
We serve him with gladness because we do not bear
the burden of meeting his needs. He has no needs. So, serving him can’t mean
meeting his needs. Instead we rejoice in a service where he meets our needs.
Serving God always means receiving grace from God to do what we have to do.
You are serving God because you need Him to do
something for you, and if that thing is not done? You probably get wearied of
serving Him, that is not Service.
Don’t serve God for what He will do, serve Him,
obey Him from your heart. If we have heartfelt readiness to do all we can, God
will surely accept our service.
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