There are three types of people
who serve of the Lord. The first type is
the person who sits and talks about serving and never does serve. He says how wonderful it would be to start
this ministry and that ministry, but never gets out there and does it. His
typical phrase is, “Let me pray about it”, and never moves from prayer to
action.
The second person is the person
who does serve, but is a busy body.
There is no passion in their serving; they simply serve God out of mere
obligation of being his follower. These
people usually burden those around them with their lack of joy in their
service. When these people serve, they
don’t serve God (although they would vehemently argue against that as they
point to everything they have done) but they are serving their own glory. They typically look for approval in their
service by saying “look at me and what I have done”.
Then there are those who actually
serve the Lord. They rightly pray and
plan, but also implement their plans.
They know how to move forward, sometimes taking risk, accomplishing much
for the Lord’s sake. They also have a
fire in them that gives them boldness and passion in their service. These are true servants of the Lord.
Which one of these defines you?
Romans 12:11 says, “Do not be
lazy in your zeal, but be passionate in your spirit, serve the Lord.”
Don’t fall trap to the enemy’s
lie by saying you have the gift of developing ideas for ministry but never
putting forth the effort to do ministry.
Or the opposite lie that says God wants you to be busy bodies for Him,
always serving, but never orienting your service to God’s glory.
God is looking for men, women,
and children who boil for him, both in active zeal and fervent in spirit.
