God's Slave... NOT the church's slave (Pt. I)
I'm teaching on this in about 18 hours, so you guys are lucky enough to read this before anyone else hears it! (You don't get to hear my melodious voice or see my beautiful face, but too bad!)
I mostly want to focus on one point: We're called to serve God, NOT the church.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't serve in your local church (PLEASE serve in your church!) It means that you shouldn't serve in the church at the expense of God, or thinking that loving God is the same as serving!
So many people are horrible at God's math. They think "Serve in church = Love God."
It doesn't!
It should read "Love God = Love God."
There's no substitute. We think that we're in a relationship with God when we're serving, but that might be when we're farthest away from Him! If you aren't spending time with God in private places, your service to Him is worthless in public places.
Your service should flow from your love of God, NOT from your attempts to earn God's love.
(Part two will be out tomorrow morning.)
