Christian Service

Christians nowadays put a lot of emphasis on our own works. What I mean is that we feel that the busier we are running to and fro, and doing the things we do “for the Lord” is our service or worship to Him. My friends, worship is a personal thing; it is an intimate relationship between us and our Savior. Our service may show that we believe; it may exalt us to certain heights, and gain us favor and position, but many times, it is simply a dead end when it comes to worshiping our Lord. Perhaps this is why we sometimes “burn out” for the Lord, we are too busy working to worship!

“Worship” is defined as:
“1. To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.”
2. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. Etc.

This we do in our hearts, and not in our actions. Jesus said “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (Jn. 4:24) I believe that this is what the Lord was speaking of. The key word is “adoration”; when we truly adore someone, they consume all our thoughts all the time, yet sometimes we get so busy serving the Lord, we do not take time to adore Him! Adoration is defined thusly:

“1. To worship with profound reverence; to address with exalted thoughts, by prayer and thanksgiving; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a god or as divine.
2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem, affection and respect; as, the people adore their prince.” (Definitions from Webster’s Dictionary of American English, of 1828)

We worship the Lord in our “closet” rather than in our public acts.

God gives, we give

God Gives, We Give.

“God so loved the world that he gave..”

To give is to serve.
Giving of oneself takes a little away from the giver. As the Lord gives a portion of Himself, He need not be replenished, but we do! As we give of ourselves, we dwindle away gradually, and must go to the Lord for replenishing. Since he is the Almighty God, and needs no replenishing He is able to replenish all who come to Him. Think of a battery; as it gives, it discharges, and eventually dies out until it is charged up again. As we give out our gifts, and our “helps” in ministering to others, day by day and week by week, we need to be re-charged by getting back to the “Charger,” which is the Lord. Giving is the one true manifestation of love that the Lord allows us here, to show Him unto others. Be a giver, and be constantly busy in the Lord’s work, and stay close to the “Charger”. If you will do this, you’ll be a useful vessel in the hands of the Lord, and never run out of power yourself!

Praise in a can

It’s time to open a can of praise. To many, it is as if praise comes in a can and is to be opened on special occasions for special events, then stored away for another time. We ought to have praise for the Lord in our hearts each day, and all day long, and allow it to find its way to our lips and hearts. There are so many blessings that we can praise Him for, but we seem to keep it bottled up for certain times and special moments. So much, it seems, is taken for granted and gets forgotten in our daily lives. How about the water that God has provided from His earth? Do we ever think to thank Him for that? Or the air we breath freely, and don’t even think about it. There are so many blessings given to us every day, and we go on as if we deserved them, not wondering from whence they come, or why.
Let us sing praises unto the Lord.