Whom Do You Serve?

Good Morning!! Everyone has something that he or she is living for, something that gives life its sense of value. Though as Christians we claim to serve Christ, many of us still are captive to idols,...the things to which we've given our functional trust. We fear losing these things,...money, job, status,...because we secretly feel that without them, we are nothing.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.—Colossians 2:8 (NIV)

If you're serving God in order to get the things you want, then you aren't really serving God,...you're just using God as a means to an end,...the end being your personal happiness. This is what Paul means by "hollow and deceptive philosophy." If we see the gospel as another self-help method,...a way to make our life feel more meaningful and secure, or to make us feel like a good person,...as soon as we fail, or hardship comes, we'll cast off Christianity in favor of something else. Or we'll fall victim to some other false forms of Christian teaching,...things that emphasize works over faith,...or offers of prosperity rather than the cross. So ask yourself: "What makes me a valuable person? What makes my life count?" The answer might help you identify what (or whom) you’re really serving.

Bob Dylan once sang; "It may be the devil,...or it may be the Lord,
...but you gotta serve somebody."

Father in Heaven, we want to serve You alone,...show us how. This we ask, in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus. Amen.

"Loving God is the key to loving others."