(WITH A TOUCH OF PATIENCE)
To serve God means to do His will which includes doing what He commands us to do. This is the very first thing all should strive (to struggle, to compete for a prize, to contend with an adversary; to endeavor or accomplish something; fight, labor fervently) to do, to be able to serve others! (John 12:26 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour). Not only in lip service, speaking His word but in actively performing the duties He has set before you: to love and serve your fellow man as you love Him and yourself. (1 John 3:18: “Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.”) Within this love is the bond (a relationship between God and His people or groups based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences) of service. If we develop the true art of love, as God would have it for us, we will surely see that service and everything that is in God’s Laws and the Prophets depends on the first two commandments: love Him first and love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:36-40 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets).
Serving means to perform duties or services for another person; to give ourselves up for the good of those in need. This includes random acts of kindness when you see a person in need, on the street, in a parking lot, broke down on the road, street, or highway. It means to volunteer at places where our less fortunate brother and sister are being attended to; or doing some act out of the kindness of your heart. We can and should find ways to donate, not only money, but time, sympathy, words of encouragement, clothing, and anything else needed by our brother or sister. It is without a doubt that, through God’s love for all of us, we are fully equipped to serve and love our neighbor. With His love, He can and do, turn our heart’s eyes from our internal self, (looking at and thinking of only our needs and wants), to our external selves, (looking and thinking of what is need around us) so that we will see opportunities to show love and serve those amid us. (James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Leviticus 19:34 “But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”)
But why is it so hard to love and serve our neighbor as God commanded us to do; getting out of life (reaping the fruit of righteousness and life abundance), that which is of value and worth (according to YAH’s Word (JESUS), done today? A mouth full, I know but so true. Ask yourself this question and see what answer you come up with. In today’s society the art of service (helping one another in need, whether at home, your neighbor, in the retail business, at your job, or any other arena in life, for that matter) has been all but done away with. It has become so common that most do not see a problem with it. But there definitely is! Because when we think about and look at the life of Jesus, we see that this is one of the most important parts of Jesus’ teaching, to love and serve one another. It, along with patience, is a very big part (attribute) needed to deal with the world today. But we’re so engrossed in our own self that that which needs our attention, is not seen nor heard. Jesus did not come, died, and rose again to set us free for our own selfish reasons. Instead, God intended, through our Christ, for us to help each other maneuver the storms of life together. (Galatians 5:13–14 “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself).
The answer to the above question is simple. It really isn’t hard to show love and be of service to our neighbor, going about daily, doing good, when we have been anointed with God’s love and it resonate service in our hearts. When there is the God (Agape) love which is the highest form of love possible, we are able to love and serve. (Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him). It is within our honest and true service to one another, we project love, peace, and eventually the fruit of happiness, of which it produces. When we get in the habit loving and of serving one another, the ability to deter the anger and hatred you feel toward your fellow man, will come through for you. And when the complacency, in justice, and an uncaring attitude of your fellow man is shown, (when you need legitimate help), there will not be an issue. And if so, you will handle it with the love of God. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things).
I know we are concentrating on loving and serving one another, as Jesus love and serve us to this day, but one of the interacting attributes we need along with our love and service is patience. Without patience we are bound to go around the same mountain, trying to scale it without coming up out of the valley of our and life’s confusion, as we deal with the nonchalance attitude of man today. (Colossians 3:12–13: “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive”) But God, in His wisdom, and when you ask, will help you to attain the Agape level of His love (Loving in spite of); within which you will serve without reservation but with a want and need to do so; He will also give you the patience needed to wait, rather you are sitting, standing, walking or running in this race of life. Through it all, love and service (patience) becomes the forerunners in any undertaking you may attempt, and you can do all through Christ Who gives you the strength to do it. (Ephesians 4:2: “Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love” Psalm 37:7: “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes” Proverbs 16:32: “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city,”) GOD’S GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.
SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES:
Matthew 5:16: Serving others “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven”
Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”
1 Samuel 12:24: “But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you”
John 13:34: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you”
Ephesians 4:32: “And be ye kind one to another, [and] tenderhearted”
Matthew 23:11: “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant”
Galatians 5:13–14: “Serve one another through love”
Mark 9:34–35: “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all”
Romans 12:6–13: “Use your gifts, including service, in proportion to your faith”2 Corinthians 9:7: “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver”
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