Joshua 10, Luke 16:19-17:10, Psalms 83:1-18, Proverbs 13:4
What God said to me – Have you ever known someone who volunteered to work in a ministry at church or for a charity and they got upset because no one even acknowledged them? It makes you wonder exactly why they volunteered – was it for what they could get out of it or because it would make them look “good” or was it because I called them to minister? While thanks and acknowledgment or recognition are nice, they should never be the basis for your service – if they are, then you will quit when you feel slighted. In today’s self-aggrandizing, self-centered society, it is rare to find anyone with a servant heart. I came as a servant, and I have called you to be a servant also. You are never more like Me than when you are serving and ministering to someone else. So, look for needs you can meet and for opportunities to help and to minister and to do good with no expectation other than to help others and to please Me.