I am not here to serve YOU!

Who do we serve? Money, people, things, idols or God? Who do we put our trust in? Man, things, money, or God? God can not be divided and so therefore neither can we be divided in the things we love, serve and put our trust in. Who do we think we are? Who do we think God is? He is the one who was crucified for you. He is the one who was ridiculed for you. He is the one who created you. He is the one who forgives you. He is the one who heals you. Can your money die for you? Can your things forgive you? Can your friends create you? Can your idols heal you? No! Christ is the only one who loves us that much that He would endure the cross knowing that many would never acknowledge it. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13

Churches and people all over the world are trying to divide Christ. Taking parts they like and pushing to the side the parts they don’t feel comfortable with. Christ has not called His children to a life where we look to man for wisdom. He has not asked us to build as many buildings as we can with glitz and glamor so that only those who feel comfortable can enjoy. He did not call us sit in our homes and Sunday school rooms and church services to enjoy His words but never act on them. He called us to abandon ourselves and lay down our pride and serve Him by serving others. To build up His Kingdom, which is far better than any building we can build(Haggai 1:1-11). He asked us to seek His wisdom. He told us to GO and preach and make disciples. How foolish are we to think that we know better than the one who created us!? We are not perfect, we are sinful and wretched. We ask for miracles and then deny and rationalize them away when they happen. We cower when we hear a calling to go, after we’ve asked God to use us, to do His will with our lives. We doubt ourselves and believe that someone else, someone better will do God’s work. We judge others who are doing God's will, as we sit comfortably in our homes. He says in 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 “Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.".”

So who do you serve? Before you can do anything, you must know the one you serve. Matthew 6:33 "Seek first the kingdom of God, and all else will be added unto you." Proverbs 3:5 "lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.". We choose daily who we are going to serve. Who are you going to choose?