Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,
Summary: Serving others is not limited to servants. We all serve somebody. Paul tells us to server wholeheartedly, and then he tells us why.
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Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
Yesterday’s post looked at the ultimate long life: Eternity. The challenge is that to keep eternal life we must give up our love for this life in the world. Jesus follows that statement with today’s instruction: The one who serves Jesus will follow Him and be with Him. Always.
This puts me in mind of the story in Matthew 19 about the rich man. Jesus tells him that to be “perfect” he needs to sell everything, give to the poor, and follow him. The rich man goes away sad, and the disciples, knowing that we all have “riches” of some sort, ask; “Who then can be saved?” I love the answer that Jesus gives them:
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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