RIGHT PLACE AT RIGHT TIME
John 5:1-15

To be in a position to serve the living God is the right place for a believer. However, it is possible to be in the right place and remain trapped. The man with thirty eight years of infirmity was at the right place for his healing (the Sheep Gate a pool) but yet he remained trapped. All that God wants from His children is to serve Him with all their heart, soul and strength.  Remember the children of Israel when they were coming out of bondage: God required them to serve Him. However, their service was incomplete. As a result all that left Egypt above twenty years of age failed to complete the journey. They were trapped in the wilderness because their service failed and they were terminated. Your service can fail, you can be trapped, and you can also be terminated. To serve God is not enough to carry you through if you do not follow Him in your service. Not to mention all, many are committed servers but not followers of Christ. Answering as a prayer intercessor, choir leader, usher, Sunday school teacher, deacon, and elder in the church is not an evidence of service. Title is not task. Whenever service to God is not on following fully, they have missed the engine that is transporting the vehicle of their service. Matthew 16:24, “Then Jesus said to His disciples, if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” You have not denied yourself; your serving Him is a conceited. Your service is not recorded in heaven; Jesus will declare later that He did not know you. Have you actually denied yourself for the Lord’s service? It is not only when you see believers around you that you should be acting unselfishly. You know it is not true and it is false humility. Man can be deceived but God sees the heart and cannot be deceived. Is there anyway for you to hear it better so that you can understand and know that in serving Him, you have to follow Him? John 12:26, “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me: and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” That is clear enough for those who have a hearing ear. To serve the Lord you have to follow Him. Ignorance is not an excuse. Ignorance will only make a destitute out of a believer and it could ridicule a believer’s journey.

Prayer for today: Lord I ask for the understanding to know what is right to do in serving you all the days of my life.