Who Or What Do You Serve?

 

Who or what do you serve is an interesting question to ask anyone who desires to know,  what is the one thing that drives you? We all have drivers that keep us going forward. This could be a vision, purpose or goal. We live in a performance-based world. From early childhood we have been driven to achieve goals and win.  Those who are laid back are seen as lazy. Whether at school or work, we are challenged to achieve goals. This keeps us moving forward, or it appears that way. However many times when we look back, we have been going round in circles, most of the time. We change our language but  achieve the same end. This is because we don't learn from history and reinvent the same wheel.

 

The game changes if we sit back and ask ourselves what is the point of all this. Most of us go to work to earn money, to meet our needs or wants. This is good as the Bible says that we should not eat if we do not work. Many are satisfied with hand-outs from the government. They have decided to give up the rat-race for it is easier to be fed than to feed oneself. In a performance-based world there will be winners and losers. What happens if we change the narrative and ask the question, Who do we serve?

 

Who we serve changes the game from performance to a person. If we serve self then we are performing to make oneself better than our neighbour. If we serve another then we are serving others. I have chosen to serve Jesus. I have gone through the performance cycle and the self-serving cycle. I feel there is nothing more satisfying than to serve Him who gave His life for me.

 

Serving Jesus is to love God and love your neighbour. God owns me. I don't own God. I therefore live to glorify His name. Jesus is my owner for He created me and also redeemed me by shedding His blood on the Cross. Now He can do what He wants with me. This is to come to a place of rest. He possesses me so that He can use me to achieve His purposes. I enjoy this relationship because it is based on love rather than performance. He is a loving God and He knows what is best for me. Thank you Jesus for saving me from the rat-race where everyone is a rat, involved in a competitive struggle. Now I am a son privileged to live a life of abundance, secured for me on Calvary.