As we walk with God we will find that he will bring people and opportunities across our path so that we can be a blessing. And when we take time to serve it allows God to take us to new levels of favour. We don’t have to bully our way to the top, instead we should realize that we can serve our way into favour and promotion. Something powerful happens when you take your eyes off of yourself and onto the lives of others. Are you serving anyone besides yourself?
We live in a world where everybody is waiting for someone else to do it. But we can make a huge difference when we live to serve, when we are looking for ways to be a blessing! We would live with more joy and feel more fulfilled if we would stop living only for ourselves and start to consider others.
It’s not healthy to only have you on your mind all the time. (Read Isaiah 58:7-8) Have we started by being a blessing to others. Make it your business to serve and then see how God opens doors in your life. It’s God who sees everything. (Matthew 6:4) Don’t worry about who gets the credit but serve others selflessly.
It’s so easy to fall in the trap of thinking when I reach a new level then I will give my best, but instead God wants to use you where you are now. It may seem small but it’s a key to what God will use to raise you higher. Success is not an elevator, but rather a set of stairs. So what’s your next step? David trusted God through every small step, from simply serving his brother to slaying Goliath. Perhaps a new level is waiting for us in what seems insignificant. You may have bigger things in your heart but start with the small next steps of service. (Read Psalm 75:6-7) Promotion comes from the Lord. And we may not be able to see how this may come about, but God is faithful to see doors open in our lives. Serve without an agenda and have pure motives. That’s when you serve God and bring honour to God. Remember that you have to carry a crown before you can wear one. Psalm 100:2 reminds us to serve the Lord with gladness! Don’t miss the blessing because you are serving with the wrong attitude. Serve with joy and don’t overlook the small things as you believe God for all he has in your future.
