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Whom Will You Serve?

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We have many priorities in life, but devotion to God should be number one on the list. Just as Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, and gave His life a ransom for many.( see Matthew 20:28) This poses many questions like “who do we serve,” “are we self-serving,” and “do we serve others?” If we have to think about it too long, we are probably self-serving which in most cases happens unconsciously. We tend to believe that we are serving God’s way and end up taking credit for things that come out positive, but when it’s negative begin blaming everything else. The one thing I love about the bible is that it covers everything. 


In Philippians 2:3 it says: Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in low lines of mind let each esteem others better than himself. We live in a world that does not care to give respect and admiration to another person. It’s usually “if i did anything, i did it” no matter who helped. Even if someone else started it, people will come along and take credit for everything. This is a prime example of self-serving and if you didn't know, now you do. There is a Chinese proverb by Lao Tzu “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The truth in this quote is self-serving people will keep giving fish to have company, but selfless people will teach people to fish and say go teach others.


Let me end with this scripture in my kitchen and bedroom, Joshua 24:14-16 says: Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods.


I’m with the children of Israel on this one ”far be it from me.”


Love your sister in Christ,

LolaInspired
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