New Beginnings – Part 2

Yesterday I encouraged you to develop a passion for serving God. I would imagine some who read the entry, said I’m ready, but where do I start? The most important step is to be prepared to serve Him. There is an old mountain saying, “never take a knife to a gun fight”, well the enemy you are facing when you seek to serve Him is far more powerful than you could ever be, with one
exception, when the Lord is standing beside you!

Here is a short check list for determining when you are truly ready to serve:

Do you know you can’t do it yourself? When you come to grips with the realization that you must be fully reliant on Him, your in the right position. You can’t train enough, learn enough, or build yourself up enough to be assured of victory. Victory in the spiritual realm comes when you let go, and let God take control. He can give you the strength and power that you cannot attain on your own. This is the one battle that you don’t want to be in alone.

Do you realize just how much He has given you? We are all sinners, which means we all have fallen well short of God’s desire for us. There is nothing we can do to redeem ourselves. The only hope we had was that God would intervene on our behalf. He did! He sent His only Son to die so that the death penalty for our sin would be paid. We didn’t earn it, we could never earn it, it was a gift. That’s the kind of God we serve!

Do you deeply desire to serve Him? When I think of what I was, what I have done, how far from Him I was, and that in spite of all of that, He still was willing to sacrifice His Son so that I might be forgiven, what else could I do? God does not demand that we serve Him, our hearts demand it.
When Jesus comes into your heart, you begin to see others, and love them through His eyes. This is the greatest gift, to truly be able to love others, that like yourself, are not easy to love.

Do you want all the Glory and Honor to fall on Him? When you truly, no longer, want the glory for yourself, when you don’t need to be recognized for your efforts, when all that matters to you is that others make that connection with Him, you’re ready. Serving God is not about you, it’s about Him.

So if you take up the challenge what will you get? Everything worthwhile. If you don’t?
Nothing worthwhile.

Titus 3:5-8 (New Living Translation)
5 he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.[a] 6 He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. 7 Because of his grace he declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.” 8 This is a trustworthy saying, and I want you to insist on these teachings so that all who trust in God will devote themselves to doing good. These teachings are good and beneficial for everyone

“Light of the world shine on me, Love is the answer, Shine on us all, set us free, Love is the answer.”
Love Is the Answer England Dan and John Ford Coley

Don’t serve Him because you have to, serve Him because it’s your hearts desire………..

the pilgrim