We Will Serve the Lord

From Our Pastor’s Desk

Joshua 24:15 – “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” 

Many of us are pew-warmers. But inside of us are talents and gifts that need to be stirred up for God’s use, as apostle Paul told Timothy in 2nd Timothy 1:6, saying “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee…” 

When things are not working the way they should, we get frustrated. 

If you put your money in a vending machine, and the machine failed to give you your soda or snack, you get angry and/or frustrated. 

Well, are you frustrating God by not doing exactly what He intended you to do when He created you? 

Are you working according to what He had in mind for your life? John 9:4 says, "I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work." 

Take time today to ask yourself, "Whose work have I been working?" “Am I fulfilling God’s purpose upon my life?”  The time to serve the Lord is now, during our “day”. 

Let us rise in faith, commitment and devotion, like Joshua, and say “….we will service the Lord”  And as you labor in His vine-yard, He alone will give you a reward that no man can give, and silver/gold can never buy, in Jesus Name. Amen. 

You will have good success this 2023.  

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.