WE HAVE A CHOICE

“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.”

Joshua 24:15 KJV

We don’t have to serve Jesus.  He doesn’t make us serve Him.  We have a choice to make.  We are either serving Jesus or we are serving satan.  There is no middle ground.  No, He will never make us serve Him but if we love Him, we will serve Him.  Our level of service to Jesus depends on our level of love for Him.

How much do we love Him?  Do we love Him enough to shut off the television, get out of our comfort zones and serve Him?  Jesus left His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth and die on the cross for our sins.  How can we not serve Him after all He has done for us?

Jesus doesn’t ask us to do much but He does want us to love one another unconditionally.  “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:34, 35).

People are going to know if we love Jesus by our actions.  It reminds me of a teenage boy who said to his parents “You go to church, teach Sunday school, and sing in the choir but when you come home you criticize the pastor and the sermon.  If this is what being a Christian is, I don’t want any part of it.”

May God help us to serve Jesus with all of our heart and set a good example for our children. 

Joanne Lowe

June 20, 2018