Joy Filled Service

How badly do you want to reach your potential and fulfill your true purpose in life? How real is your desire to be clean, victorious, and full of the peace of God? Know this: God has some terrible things on a leash that want to invade your space and chew you to pieces.

If you refuse to serve God the way He wants you to, He will eventually let go. On the other end of that leash are terrible masters – depression, envy, anger, lust, addiction, financial woe, ego – who are crying out to rule over you. Don’t ask for them!

See, tyrants are not just dictators. Tyrants are spirits that hold your heart captive. They tell you to be stressed out and full of anger. They are circumstances that incarcerate your free time and never allow you to love your family or have peace.

A tyrant can also be an unbelievable disgrace or an embarrassment that will imprison your goals and dreams. It can enslave an entire family to the regime of drug abuse, pornography, depression, failure, and spiritual bankruptcy.

These are the things He is holding back from you because you have decided to serve Him. You do not want Him to let go. So, what is God looking for?  Service? Yes, but service with a smile. Stay in His service and be happy about it, because if you leave the reservation, you will walk out from under His protection.

God is looking for people who are happy they answer to His authority. Who are delighted and feel fortunate to be part of His Kingdom and the service to others. Service with a glad heart is not unreasonable for God to expect.

God doesn’t love a giver. He loves a cheerful giver. Do you want to experience the love of God? Be a cheerful giver. Hand down a blessing instead of a curse.