Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
DAILY READING – Luke 7:1-17; Genesis 8-10; Psalm 4
King Solomon’s temple is undoubtedly the most expensive building in human history! Its total cost is well over half a billion dollars! This is an unimaginable cost for one house, but that’s what the value comes to when you include a total of over 108,002.5 talents of gold, 1,017,000 talents of silver, and greater quantities of bronze. This cost may appear crazy to people in modern times, but if it appears extravagant, it is reflection of King David’s love for God in that he extravagantly prepared materials, over and above, intent on building a magnificent temple for God. [1 Chronicles 29:3].
David served God from a standpoint of love. No wonder God called him a man after His own heart. He loved God deeply and ended up a trans-generational celebrity, immortalized by God in history. Love must be the starting point of the service we render to God.
1 Corinthians 13 makes it clear that whatsoever we do outside of love in service to God, will profit us nothing. The truth is that you cannot do anything for God. No one has the capacity to, but you can do a whole lot from God. That means you serve God from the overflow of your intimate walk with Hum. Mary must precede Martha. It is from the place of sitting at the feet of Jesus, like Mary, being nurtured, fed with the word by the Spirit, that you can rise up to serve. You must first come to the place of intimacy with God. So that whatever service you are offering is rooted in your love for Him.
Love should be the real motivation for our service to God. God is a God of love. He wants you to serve Him because you love Him. This is what makes service easy and not irksome. So if you have been serving God legalistically you need to get back to the Father’s love zone, where service is from the heart., where you serve Him out of the overflow of the love of God already in your heart.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to love you more and more, so that my service becomes an overflow of that love,
Quote :
Until your worship gets to your money, it hasn’t really gotten to you. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD]