Luke 10 - What makes You Serve?

 

Luke 10 – What Makes You Serve?

 

Jesus was not limited to the twelve; seventy others obeyed Him and helped to reap the harvest. But the laborers are still few because the ministry is difficult and dangerous, but it is also rewarding.

 

What makes you rejoice? When the disciples rejoiced over their successful ministry, Jesus told them to rejoice because they were citizens of heaven. After all, their work might not always be successful; but their salvation would never change. Jesus rejoiced because the Father’s will was being accomplished in their lives.

 

What makes you pause? It is not difficult to discuss neighborliness in the abstract, but it costs something to be a real neighbor. We must pause to help when we see injustice and hurt, or like the priest and the Levite, do you look for an escape? You are never more Christlike than when you feel another’s hurt and seek to help.

 

What makes you listen? Take time to sit at the feet of Jesus and hear His Word. It is important to serve the Lord and serve others, but it is even more important to delight your Lord by spending time with Him. Don’t be so busy serving Him that you have no time to love Him and listen to Him?

 

Faithful to my Lord’s commands,

I still would choose the better part.

Serve with careful Martha’s hands,

And loving Mary’s heart.  Charles Wesley.

 

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