HERE TO SERVE

HERE TO SERVE


I think=SOMETIMES as Christians=
We FORGET that Jesus
Sent us into the world
To SERVE OTHERS


NOT to be served=and
We are to serve
Without COUNTING the cost


“Without cost-you have RECEIVED
Without cost
You are to GIVE” Matthew 10:8


In other words=we are to give
ALL that we have-
Just as Jesus himself did


This is the DIRECTIONS
Jesus GAVE to us
This is the guidelines
WE ARE to live by


For we are HERE
To SERVE


“'Do NOT be afraid'-Samuel replied-
'You have DONE all this evil


Yet do not turn away
From the Lord


But SERVE the Lord
With ALL YOUR HEART
…......'” 1 Samuel 12:20


“IF we are thrown
Into the blazing furnace


The GOD WE SERVE
Is ABLE to deliver us
From it


And he WILL deliver us
From Your Majesty's hand” Daniel 3:17


“You my brothers and sisters
Were CALLED to be free


But do NOT USE
Your freedom
To indulge the flesh


Rather-SERVE one another-
HUMBLY IN LOVE” Galatians 5:13


The apostles UNDERSTOOD
That they were hand PICKED
By Jesus


And that they had been
Given precious GIFTS OF GRACE


The apostles understood that
They were to SERVE GOD
And OTHERS


They understood that
They had been given SPECIAL
SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS


That had been FREELY
Bestowed on them
And that they were to GIVE
These BLESSINGS to others
Without counting the COST


HERE TO SERVE=
For free
We are to give
WITHOUT counting the cost


We live=PROBABLY=during
The most SELFISH times
In history=
Yet selfishness is an
Anti-Christian attitude


HOW did we get it so WRONG?


“TURN my heart
Toward your statutes


And NOT toward
Selfish gain” Psalm 119:36


“An unfriendly person
PURSUES selfish gain


And against ALL sound judgment
Starts quarrels” Proverbs 18:1


God has=JESUS has=given us
GOOD things in life


The good things that we have
FREELY received is not only
For ourselves=but ALL OTHERS


The EXAMPLE-the model- is Jesus
He was HERE TO SERVE


So it is for us=to be HERE=
To follow Jesus=
And SERVE all others


In the name of Jesus=OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
7-14-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. James McKarns