Serve The Lord Wholeheartedly

“Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men” – Ephesians 6:7

In his book “Jesus the King”, Timothy Keller writes: “You’re glorifying something when you find it beautiful for what it is in itself. Its beauty compels you to adore it, to have your imagination captured by it.

This happened to me with Mozart. I listened to Mozart to get an A in music appreciation in college. I had to get good grades to get a good job, so in other words, I listened to Mozart to make money. But today I am quite willing to spend money just to listen to Mozart, not because it’s useful to me anymore but because it’s beautiful in itself. It’s no longer a means to an end.

And when it’s a person you find beautiful in that way, you want to serve them unconditionally.
When you say, “I’ll serve, as long as I’m getting benefits from it,” that’s not actually serving people; it’s serving yourself through them. That’s not circling them, orbiting around them; it’s using them, getting them to orbit around you…To glorify others means to unconditionally serve them, not because we’re getting anything out of it, just because of our love and appreciation for who they truly are.”

We are to wholeheartedly serve the Lord.

Thank Christ that He has called you to serve Him and serve Him with all of your heart.

“Do not be ashamed to serve others for the love of Jesus Christ and to seem poor in this world.” – Thomas a Kempis

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men” – Colossians 3:23