A Sense Of Duty

A Sense Of Duty “So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, we are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.” Luke 17:10 Sometimes we have to do things, even when we don’t feel like doing them. It’s called having a sense of duty. When we go to church on Sunday and hear our pastor talk about the importance of doing things for God because we want to, and not because we have to, many people do not follow through on this principle because it is not a requirement. I can recall a humorous joke which illustrates this so well. Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. “Wake up son; it’s time to go to school.” “But why, mom, I don’t want to go.” “Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go to school today.” “Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me too.” “Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.” “Give me two reasons why I should go to school.” “Well, for one, you’re 52 years old, and for another, you’re the principal.” This is the way it is with many people as they know that they need to serve God, but they don’t feel like it at this time. This is why we have so many Sunday morning Christians, as they think they need to only serve God on Sunday morning, and the rest of the time is theirs to spend as they please. When we only serve God when we really feel like it, our service is going to be minimal indeed. We need to have a sense of duty to serve God at all times, and know that serving him is the right thing to do. We need to rededicate ourselves to serve God every morning as we need to develop a sense of duty to serve him, and make this a mandatory part of our morning. I would encourage you to give yourself entirely to God each morning and then let him lead you all through the day and serve him. My Daily Devotional Volume III July 29 Robert William Brock, Jr.