Lynne Roots
Christmas and Easter come once a year. Sunday is just one day of the week. Our Bible verse for this devotional talks about fasting. The people are miffed because they have been fasting and following all the rules but have not been noticed. “Why have we fasted and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves and you have not noticed?” The response to that: “Is this the kind of day I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself?....”a day acceptable to the Lord?” Oops! Too many of us think that going to church on Sunday, showing up for Christmas Eve or Easter morning or fasting during Lent is enough service. Guess again. God doesn’t want us to be part time Christians. We are to wear our Christianity daily....feed the hungry….provide shelter for the wanderer…clothe the naked…and not to turn away from our own flesh and blood. A very tall order. Being a Christian takes work, a concerted effort, a commitment. We each have our own thoughts about what it means to serve and how and when.
Remember, service is an act of humility not recognition.
PRAYER: Help me remember I am the servant.
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