Free to Serve

"Free to serve"... it's written on our shift board at work every day, and its only today that it struck me... I work in the retail industry, and every single day, I make myself free to serve. Free to serve customers.

But, am I doing what God asks, and truly being Free to Serve HIM, His people?

So often when it comes to service, we have some sort of excuse... we're too tired, too busy. Too many work commitments. Too many family commitments. We need to see our friends. We need to do homework... or just chill out.

But, where would we be right now, if God was "too busy" to serve us? Where would we be if Jesus had been "too tired" to minister to the weak, the poor, the hungry? If He had too many social commitments to give His life to forgive OUR sin? As God's children, should we not do the little thing he asks, and make ourselves free to serve? Shouldn't we serve willingly, not because we feel we HAVE to, but because its what we want to do, to please God, to thank Him?

At my church, we sing a beautiful song that says "You gave me these hands to serve You, to raise You up and lift Your name on high".

It's not hard to serve God. It's not a chore, and it brings so much joy.

Make yourself free to serve.