For everything comes from
him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. Romans 11:36
James
held the nail steady and picked up a screwdriver. With the handle, he began to
pound. Harder and harder he pounded on the stubborn nail head, but it barely
moved. Sweat broke out on his forehead and a blister on his hand before he
finally sat back on his heels and hurled the screwdriver into the trashcan. “Stupid
tool! What’s the matter with it? I give up.”
There
was nothing wrong with the screwdriver. James was trying to use it in a way it
was not designed to be used. We often do that with our lives. When we insist
upon a path for which we were not designed, we make the same mistake that James
made. We compare ourselves to the ungodly and decide that’s the life we want.
We compromise God’s standards and assume that He doesn’t mind. When we do that,
we are chasing Satan’s suggestions like a child chases soap bubbles. Even when
we catch them, they never quite satisfy. After years of this, some hurl their
lives into the trashcan and give up. OR, we meet Jesus. In His Instruction
Manual, we discover that we were trying to be something we were never designed
to be. We understand that we were designed to love and serve God.
True service
is not a list of do’s and don’ts tacked to a chart of endless expectations. The
kind of service God desires is that which flows naturally from a grateful heart
that has been shown its true purpose.
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