Edition 300 – Serving God

I thank God that I was woken up on Sunday morning, and subsequently couldn’t fall back asleep. So I took the opportunity to turn on my computer, surf on over to CHC’s webcast and started watching. And I was really touched by the sermon that Pst. Tan preached.

I was reminded of a time not too long ago by the sermon. The time where CHCTVM would come together to serve God just because we wanted to serve Him, and not serve at OUR convenience. I guess this is something that needs to be caught and not taught. Granted that there are some situations that we really can’t get out of and as such, we can’t serve.

The question we have to ask ourselves is, “Why do I want to serve?” Is it because we are told to serve? Is it because we are forced to serve (this then, is not called serving)? Or do we really want to come before God and sacrifice our time to serve him joyfully? Serving is a conviction, and not a preference. Serving God is something that requires a level of commitment, but above all that, we come to serve with joy, passion, and wholeheartedly!

I’m reminded of how important serving with joy and passion is. Without that joy, we lose interest in all that we do. It’s like our job and career. We all want to do something that we like to do and we do it with joy and passion. When we lose that, we become demoralised in where we are.

So the big question is how do we keep our passion alive? I guess some of it is personal. For me, it’s always reminding myself of the first love; why I joined the ministry. For the most of it, a strong walk with God must be always at the centre. Look at it this way: you’d do more for your loved ones right? So our relationship with God has to be right there in the middle of everything.

The leaders over us and friends around us also play a part. We need to be fed, refreshed and inspired. In short, we need to fill up our “petrol tank”. Yes, we do get tired as we are all humans. We need people in our life that will encourage us to keep us going. We need leaders to inspire us to reach higher and further, and not to stagnate.

So what keeps you going? Why did you start serving in the first place? Is the ministry where God called you? What is your first love?

Find the passion… Find the joy… Let serving God be just that. All other things are secondary. Oh yes, and while you’re serving, learn and learn and learn new skills. That’s how we all go higher and further.

Cheers… :Þ