GOD'S MASTER PLAN: SERVANTS

 

GOD’S MASTER PLAN: SERVANTS

Prov. 19:21 You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. NLT

My wife wrote a song a few years ago which I believe says it well, “We are called to serve the Lord.” God does not want us to sit on our premises. We are to be in the world working for the Kingdom. We are to be doing what we can do to bring others to a saving knowledge of the Lord and a deeper walk with Him. God gives each one of His children gifts to us to serve Him. I Cor. 12;15 We have a mandate to go into the world to make disciples. Matt. 28:19-20 No one has an excuse for not doing something with their life for the Lord. It’s not that we can’t, it’s usually because we won’t.

It is normal for Christians to serve the Lord, Eph. 2:10 It is a sin to not be doing something for the Lord. Everything done out of love for the Lord is an act of service. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves and guilt-ridden when we fail to serve Him.

It is necessary for us to serve the Lord. John 15:1-8 Jesus gives us a stern wake-up call in this passage when He says that we are responsible for bearing fruit for Him. We are useless when we fail to produce godly fruit and are cut off from the Lord when we don’t do anything good for Him. It’s necessary for our souls, and it’s necessary for the sake of others.

It is needed for Christians to serve the Lord. Matt. 5L11-16 Paul says as much in Romans 8. He reminds us that others depend on us who know Him to tell others about Him. How can they hear if we don’t tell (or show) them the love of Christ? Jesus reminds us that the harvest field is ripe and ready. There are a multitude of people who are open to the Gospel message, but the laborers are so few. We are to pray for the Lord to raise up more laborers, and if we are able, to go ourselves. One of the greatest tragedies that there ever could be will be when people spend eternity in hell because no one was there to help them avoid it.

It should concern us that we may stand before God on Judgment Day and have to explain why we weren’t faithful to serve Him.