THE BENEFITS OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE (I)

Anchor scripture: Exodus 23: 25-26

“And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. And there shall nothing cast their young, nor barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.”

Whatever we men see happening in this physical world is a reflection of what actually transpires in the spirit for the physical world came into being from the spirit world. The kingdom of God operates on a reward system like the physical world. That’s why when people work, they get paid and when a husband and wife meet they are rewarded with a child or children. 

Nevertheless, rewards are in two folds, positive and negative rewards. When we serve the Lord well, He rewards us positively and if we decide not to serve Him and go after other gods, we will still get rewarded but this time around, that reward won’t be a positive one but a negative one. By virtue of the service rendered by men like David, Joseph, Moses among others, to Jehovah, they stood out among their contemporaries. My prayer is that every Believer including myself will also be rewarded by God Almighty because we understand Christian service. 

What is service?

Generally speaking, service is an act of being of assistance to someone.

Economically speaking, it is the practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

Service could also mean the state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

Christian service however, means loving the Lord with all our hearts, and with all our souls and with all our might. ( Deuteronomy 6:5). This kind of service can take the form of prayer, worship, giving of all kinds, showing hospitality and care to the brethren and those outside the Body of Christ and most especially using our gifts and talents to work in the house of Jehovah with inexplicable passion. This passion can be likened to the passion we have for our education, job or spouse. Until, that passion is evident, I am afraid we are not serving the Father of all spirits. 

What are the benefits of Christian service?

Firstly in Genesis 23:25, the infallible word of God says “ And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and, He shall bless thy bread and water”. This means if we serve Him, He will provide for us. This dimension of God is known as “Jehovah Jireh” in Hebrews meaning the Lord is my provider. God doesn’t just provide some things for us just like that. Do we believe His word? If yes. He said “ if we serve Him….” We can clearly see that this promise is conditional. In Genesis 18:6-10 we read, “ and he ( Abraham) took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them( the two angels and Christ Jesus), under the tree and they did eat. And they said where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, behold , in the tent. And He ( Jesus) said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son…..Over here we realize that the service rendered to the Jesus in His epiphanic form made Him give him (Abraham) a prophetic word about his wife giving birth to a child in her old age. Glory be to God.

Weren’t Abraham and Sarah serving God before? Yes they were but until we get extra serious and do what we have never done before to provoke God we may not have access to certain dimensions of the benefits of Christian service. Abraham and Sarah got a child among other blessings. For you and I our need may differ. It could be a visa, a job, a wife or a husband or even children. Isn’t it high time we served the Lord like never before and provoke Him to act on our behalf? People may have been making mockery of us or our God because they can’t see any tangible blessings in our lives. Brethren, let’s go back to our first love, Jesus, and stop saying things like we can serve God in our hearts. Let’s find a Bible believing Church and serve the Lord if we have stopped going to church. Pls, let us do something for God passionately and consistently that the devil himself and his cohorts wouldn’t doubt and believe you me, He will provide our needs for us. 

“Jesus est le Dieu des miracles et prodiges“. 

Dr. David Tobi Ogoudou