What Is The Reason Why You Want To Serve God?

Why do you fear or serve God? Do you serve Him for nothing? Service is an important aspect of a believing Christian's walk with God. The scriptures teach us to serve God, but the question is, "what is the main motive behind the service?" The true answer to this question determines how God will respond to your service.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." - Job 1:8-12 (NKJV)

The challenge

There are great blessings attached to service unto God. For instance, Exodus 23:25-26 promise you provision, sickness-free life, fruitfulness and longevity when you serve God. However, many Christians have zeroed down to merely serving God for things. When they pray, teach or preach the word of God, praise and worship God, they are only concerned for what they will get at the end of it. It has become a show to God.

Unfortunately, when they don't quickly get these things, they switch off, saying, "this thing doesn't work"- referring to Christianity. They call the scriptures lies, words written just to deceive people. They turn around and tell people not to believe in that "Jesus Christ stuff". Yet, they were the ones who got it all wrong from the beginning and fell into the devil's deception.

Case Study

Let's consider Job's story. God's testimony of him amazes me any time I read it. I strongly desire that one day the Lord will testify of me as He did Job.

In Job 1:6-12, when the sons of God gathered, the enemy also gathered. God asked where he was coming from. And he answered, "From going to and fro on the earth". Then God asked him if he had considered His servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth; that he is a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and hates evil. The devil answered God that Job does not fear God for nothing, that God had given him all round protection and prosperity. He asked God to allow him to strike Job and He will discover that Job would curse God. And God allowed him but warned him not to touch Job.

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6 Diet Contents That Amazingly Make Stars Super Bright

What kind of diet are you on now in order to shine brightly as a star? The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons. Therefore, you are what you eat spirit, soul and body. This means that when you attend to one part of you, you will not have all round health. This post gives you the important diet you need to shine super bright all round as a star.

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day - Proverbs 4:18 (NKJV).

Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts - Jeremiah 15:16 (NKJV).

Every star has a strict diet that he or she follows. These stars include the musicians, models, wrestlers, academicians, ministers and so on. However, there are common nutrients stars take if they want to be super bright to the glory of God. And this shining speaks greatly both in this life and the life afterwards.

Your diet determines if you will be a heavy-weight star or a feather-weight star. This interestingly depends solely on you; on God's part, He is ready to take you as far as you are ready to go, unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18). Also, your diet determines the speed with which you rise as a star and how long and bright you will shine.

Now, let's quickly see the diet for super bright stars and do know that this diet requires that you take it as often as possible.

The Diet Contents For A Super Bright Star Include: 

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The Truth-Wisdom Is Profitable To Direct Now

What success tools are you using for this year? One major tool you should not overlook is wisdom. This is because the world was established by wisdom (Jeremiah 10:12), so, for you to effectively work in and succeed in this world, you need wisdom. This post explains more on this wisdom, which is profitable to direct you.

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct – Ecclesiastes 10:10 (KJV).

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold. It is more precious than rubies, and all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. It is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and happy are all who retain her – Proverbs 3:13-18 (NKJV).

Many people start doing things without considering whether they are wise things to do or if they are actually doing that thing wisely. This causes them to end up with negative results. However, there is always a wise way of doing a thing, and your discovery of it is what guarantees your success in life. Also, know that problems are halfway solved when you have the wisdom for it. So, wisdom is the principal thing (Proverbs 4:7), and is more important than any precious stone or anything else you may desire (Proverbs 3:14-15). This is because it will give you these things you desire and much more. Wisdom delivers efficiently and effectively.

What is wisdom?

Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge acquired. Also, it is to know what right thing to do and doing it. So, it is the difference between success and failure, health and sickness, riches and poverty, faith and fear, and so on. Furthermore, according to James 3:15-17, there are 2 categories of wisdom: one that is earthly, sensual, and demonic, and one that is from above or heavenly.

The wisdom of God

This is the wisdom that is from above; that is, from God. Furthermore, it is different from the other category in that it is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy; while the other category is where envy and self-seeking exit, as such confusion and every evil thing are there. Therefore, wisdom of God is what brings success and directs you profitably. Read more...

Make For Me First For Your Breakthrough And Success

How often do you make for God first? Your future depends on how much you value the Lord and consider Him first before any other. Therefore, the gateway to your breakthrough and success in life is in putting God first. This post is to charge you to reconsider your priorities for a better tomorrow.

And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ” – 1 Kings 17:13-14 (NKJV).

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you – Matthew 6:33 (NKJV).

Many Christians are always in a hurry to ask God to do one thing or the other for them, but they seldom ask the Lord for what He wants them to do for Him. Also they rarely seek to please Him first. So, when the answers are not forth coming, they become offended in Christ. Unfortunately, the Lord is not going to lower His principles in other to please a certain group of people.

Make For Me First

God demands that you make for Him first before you can receive your heart desires from Him (Matthew 6:33). So, as much as the Lord gives us richly all things to enjoy (1 Timothy 6:17), they won't manifest in your life until you learn to make for Him first. Truly, mercy drops may fall but they can’t satisfy you. Therefore, no matter how much you need anything, you must humble yourself to get it the Lord’s way; it’s not negotiable.

In 1 Kings 17:8-16, the woman of Zarephath had to make for Elijah first as God commanded through Elijah before she could enjoy abundance of food. Though the meal was her last she still had to prepare for Elijah first. However, as she obeyed the Lord, the meal now lasted till the end of the famine. So, your obedience must come first, no matter how inconvenient it may seem, before your breakthrough or success becomes a reality.

Furthermore, in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), Jesus Christ taught us to put God first before our needs. He said we should pray that God’s will be done on earth before we ask for our daily bread. Also, He showed us an example by seeking to please the Father to the point of death, and God, the Father, rewarded Him with the name that is above every other name (Philippians 2:5-11). Read more...