Day 30: Why Do We Serve God?

The following devotion is written by another one of our student leaders in the youth group!

Serving God is not often an easy road. Serving God doesn't always mean doing what we want to do. It requires self-sacrifice and placing yourself in situations out of your comfort zone.

So why do we serve God? Why do we step out of our comfort zone? We do this because it is what God has commanded us to do. We serve God to show obedience to His commands. He has commanded us as Christians to deny our flesh and follow Him.

“Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his deciples, and said to them “If anyone wants to become my follower he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34

We cannot call Jesus “Lord” or “God” and not do what He commands.

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say?” Luke 6:46

To call yourself a Christian and confess Jesus as Lord but not obey His commands, is to live as a hypocrite. You are saying one thing yet living another. You are calling him the Lord of your life, Almighty God, and Ruler over all, yet you are not doing what the Lord has commanded you to do.

“Instead you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will do this or that.’” James 4:15

God has called us to serve Him. Each of us does not serve God in the same way, but all of us are commanded to serve. Each of us has been called to serve God in a way that fits us best – whether it be teaching, preaching, being a missionary over seas, feeding the homeless, or helping a neighbor in need. There are endless ways to serve God, but in what way is he calling you to serve? What has God put in your path?

Serving God expresses your obedience to His commands. You just have to stop and find the way that God has commanded you to serve.

~James Bright