Serve God Every Day

Serve God Every Day “Then he said to them all: if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 Several years ago I heard a dynamic speaker who spoke at our church. He was an eloquent speaker and really had the audience worked up by his rhetoric and his ability to get them enthused and excited. However underneath his sensationalism his words were not exactly what the Bible teaches us. In the book of 2nd John the Bible warns of false teachers, and tells us to “Watch Out”. So often Christians can be led astray by sensationalism, but this is nothing new, as there have always been speakers who know how to get people worked up and excited. Often this kind of speaker majors on excitement, and minors on Biblical truth, and sometimes teaches error. I believe that many Christians are gullible, which could be why they are called sheep, and many are led astray easily when they become excited and enthused by a gifted speaker, even when they are not speaking the truth. It is good to be excited, enthused and renewed from time to time by hearing the word of God taught by an exciting and enthusiastic man of God, however we need to keep this excitement and enthusiasm in our lives on a daily basis, not just occasionally. The scripture above says to “take up his cross daily” not just at special times. Do we think that we are only effective in serving Jesus when we are all revved up and excited? We need to always be excited and enthused about serving Jesus. I would hope that God’s power and presence can be seen in our everyday lives and not just at special times. This faithfulness in our everyday life can be a powerful witness to others. We need to focus on glorifying God in our daily lives, even on those days that are average days, and ones that are not so exciting and sensational. May 25 Robert Wiliam Brock, Jr.