WHAT A PRIVILEGE

“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”

John 14:2,3 KJV

Bill and Gloria Gaither wrote “The Longer I Serve Him”.  I love these words.  “Since I started for the kingdom since my life He controls Since I gave my heart to Jesus The longer I serve Him the sweeter He grows.”  The words in this hymn are true.  What a privilege it has been to serve Jesus since January 24, 2005.

Pastor William C. Martin wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour “The Name of Jesus Is So Sweet”.  The words in this hymn are how I feel about Jesus.  “I love the name of Him whose heart Knows all my griefs, and bears a part; Who bids all anxious fears depart - I love the name of Jesus.”

Are you serving Jesus?  If not, why aren’t you serving Him?  Jesus left His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth and die on the cross for our sins.  He paid the price for our sins that we could never pay.  What kind of love is this that would make Him die for us?  It is an amazing unconditional love.

You may think that there is nothing you can do to serve Jesus because you can’t sing or teach.  Every one of us can love others.  “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34).  Loving is not an option, it is a commandment.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the privilege You have given me to serve Jesus.  I love You, dear Father.  Thank You for adopting me into Your family.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen. 

Joanne Lowe

August 26, 2018