Day 49: To Serve

All I want to do is serve.

It's so unnatural to me; it's really a foreign concept.

But such is usually the case when lives are changed. I know that God has created a new heart in me, and that serving is an integral part of that. After all, He came not to be served, but to serve.

In essence, following Christ is being a servant.

It's an amazing desire to have, but I sometimes find it difficult. I tend to separate servanthood into different categories, tossing some out without realizing that it still means something to God. The example I think of most is my job in retail. I am literally helping, and serving, people, but it's so hard to reconcile that with working for the glory of God's kingdom. God is showing me that serving here is advancing the kingdom, even though it's not in the traditional sense.

But, when I show people love, or mercy, or when I offer praise, I am serving God and showing the light of Jesus within me. Sharing Jesus in retail IS a way to advance the kingdom for his glory. Praise the Lord!

Lately, my attitude has been improving for the most part, and I think it's because God is teaching me that I am His wherever I am, and in whatever I am doing.

Being a servant is not only for Sundays, or for this ministry or that ministry.

Being a servant is a lifestyle, and God is showing me that it can reveal itself in so many ways.

I am thankful for a God who leads by example, and I look forward to serving Him all the days of my life.

In Christ,

Lilia