A Psalm for SERVING

PSALM 100:1

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into His presence with singing!

Know that the LORD, He is God.
It is He who made us, and we are His;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
(from the ESV)

What a privilege it is to 'serve' our very maker! When we use our God given gifts to build up, exhort and encourage others, we are ultimately serving Him. And how precious the thought that He puts within us the very desire to serve Him by serving others. (Such thoughts are too wonderful for me to comprehend!)

Some thoughts about serving from Spurgeon.........a man of old.

"I think I know of no delight on earth that is higher than that of knowing that you really are, with all your heart, adoringly serving God. As long as there is breath in our bodies, let us serve Christ. As long as we can think, as long as we can speak, as long as we can work, let us serve Him. Let us even serve Him with our last gasp. And, if it be possible, let us try to set some work going that will glorify Him when we are dead and gone. Let us scatter some seed that may spring up when we are sleeping beneath the hillock* in the cemetery."

Tom Carter, Spurgeon at His Best (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1991), p. 189.

*A 'hillock' is a small hill. ; )

So.....who are the people in your world that you have the privilege of serving today?

Lets serve HIM with gladness TODAY!