How can I serve Him today?

Acts 11:25-26    Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. 26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

The book of Acts; faith in action, the verb of Christianity. The book of Acts rests between the Gospels, and the Epistles, and seemingly stands on it’s own. The book of Acts is the building of the early church, the acting out of the faith that those who believed proclaimed. It is a book of miracles, of great faith, of boldness, of visions and angels, of the giving of the Holy Spirit to all people. A book of examples of God’s Sovereign hand at work bringing all those that will hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. The book of Acts is captivating; it reads like a script of a Hollywood movie, it shows the power of God in the lives of those acting out their faith. It shows what it truly means to live a life of a disciple.

Christianity is not a noun. Christianity is meant to be a lifestyle that lasts for eternity; for the work during our time here in the preparation for our eternal reward thereafter. How hard are you willing to work for what you wish to attain? Sadly our society has moved to an entitlement attitude, and that attitude has infiltrated the church. God owes you nothing! You cannot claim the prize of Salvation, and return to living for this world and all the temporal sin pleasures found in it. A transformed heart is a heart that sees the need in love to sacrifice it’s life for the One whom gave it eternal life. A transformed heart is that of a disciple who truly puts Christ first in their lives, denying self, and seeking to serve Him with their life.

Luke 14:25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Are all of your daily efforts put into accomplishing the tasks at hand, the duties of the day, the things you must accomplish to get what you desire? Is Christianity to you for a couple hours on Sunday? Have you missed the opportunity to share you faith daily with those He places around you because you were too busy with the tasks that take your eyes off Christ? Are those tasks and mindset placed there by your enemy for that purpose……? Our daunting “to do” lists should have an unalterable priority; above the number one task. “How can I serve Him today?”