Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Acts 20:19
Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and trials, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.
The third spiritual sacrifice is: SERVICE OF THE LORD. You might wonder why this is a spiritual sacrifice. I refer you to a phrase from the verse in The Acts, "humility of mind" is the mind-set of those who serve the LORD in truth. This is a great sacrifice of time, desire and priorities: Time, because it takes time to respond to the call of GOD; desire, because you must sacrifice your desire to do your own business, when GOD want you to do His; priorities, because the LORD GOD must come first, not your desire to maintain your own agenda. A humble mind yields to the call of GOD, no matter what else is happening in the life.
When the call comes to serve GOD, the disciple of JESUS Christ says, "How may I serve you?".
This is the most important point of all spiritual sacrifice, WE SERVE THE LORD. In Matthew 25:40, there is a striking statement from our LORD,"And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto me' " When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the prisoner and comfort the sick, we are doing it unto the LORD. Service of the LORD is service to the LORD. He calls those who serve, "blessed", because they have sacrificed themselves for the good of others.
COME YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
The Acts 20:19
Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and trials, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.
The third spiritual sacrifice is: SERVICE OF THE LORD. You might wonder why this is a spiritual sacrifice. I refer you to a phrase from the verse in The Acts, "humility of mind" is the mind-set of those who serve the LORD in truth. This is a great sacrifice of time, desire and priorities: Time, because it takes time to respond to the call of GOD; desire, because you must sacrifice your desire to do your own business, when GOD want you to do His; priorities, because the LORD GOD must come first, not your desire to maintain your own agenda. A humble mind yields to the call of GOD, no matter what else is happening in the life.
When the call comes to serve GOD, the disciple of JESUS Christ says, "How may I serve you?".
This is the most important point of all spiritual sacrifice, WE SERVE THE LORD. In Matthew 25:40, there is a striking statement from our LORD,"And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto me' " When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the prisoner and comfort the sick, we are doing it unto the LORD. Service of the LORD is service to the LORD. He calls those who serve, "blessed", because they have sacrificed themselves for the good of others.
COME YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
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