Service for The Great I AM

”I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service” 1Ti 1:12

The Alpha and the Omega, The First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Bright and Morning Star…The Creator of the Universe and all within. The One who threw the stars in the sky and named each one. The One who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand. The One, who sees all, knows all and is all. The One who is King of kings and Lord of lords. The One who knows every hair on my head, every fiber and DNA, every cell and nerve… and who knows my thoughts before I know them…considers me faithful and puts me into service.

Wow.....

Doing service for the Great I AM? Sobering thought…but exciting at the same time. Like loving the beauty and majesty of the ocean but knowing (and respecting) the power of it. Trembling expectation when God calls me is a sensation I do not take lightly or frivolously. Serving God is serious business and is the only business that will follow me into eternity. God is working all around me and I need to join Him in whatever and wherever He leads me. No matter the dimension of the service…may I do it willingly and faithfully.

God is truly in the business of motivating me…while I know serving Him is serious…I also know the joy, delight and fun in doing so. The God who made all things in such wonderful variety thrills me with His creativity. From hummingbird to vulture, catfish to porpoise, lion to wild boar, and hippo to platypus, I stand amazed at His obvious delight in creating. The many people I know and love….all different…all special with personalities like no other. It is the same with the special opportunities He sets before me…all different and made to order from the One who knows me and knows what needs to be done.

Desiring to serve, I draw and rely on His strength, sprinkled with a dash of His wonderful grace, a pinch of His compassionate mercy and a pouring of His infinite wisdom and discernment…I bow my head in thanksgiving that one more day has been granted to me for Him to put into service.

As I thank Him, I also pray:

Dear Savior,
A living sacrifice I want to be, not for me but for You and the people you have cross my path today. Clear away the sticky cobwebs of prejudice, preconceived notions, unrealistic expectations and pride. Check my sometimes-myopic spirituality that can blind me to the things you want me to see. Open my deaf ears that tend to hear only what I want to say. Help me to really look to see, listen to hear. Help me to gather my thoughts…and inspect them before speaking and may whatever I say be kind, encouraging and a delight to the one hearing…and a sweet sweet fragrance to You my Savior and King. May they see You dear Jesus…only you. Amen


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