FAITH CAPSULE: Think about your way of serving God and not be a failure.
2 Samuel 6
God’s will for man is to serve Him indeed and in truth. We are to serve Him with all heart, with all soul and with all strength. A good intention to serve Him and not able to serve Him right does not count but sometimes costly. It was costly for Uzzah when he faithfully served wrongly and lost his life. Uzzah was in the right place serving in moving the ark of God. In his attempt to stop the ark from stumbling, he put out his hand to stop the ark. Uzzah’s act of serving was against the word of God that forbids any from touching the ark. The Bible recorded, “Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.” (2 Samuel 6:7) Uzzah, in the position to serve failed to follow with his heart; he violated God’s command and was terminated.
At the time children of Israel were coming out of bondage of over four hundred years, God required them to serve Him; however, their service was incomplete. The Israelites failed to serve God with their whole heart when in their heart they failed to exercise faith in the face of confronting challenge. The Israelites confessed negative instead of positive and the Lord responded through Moses, “Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.” (Numbers 14:28-30) A failure not to serve with the whole heart is the evidence of not following Him fully. As a result of not following fully, all that left Egypt above age twenty failed to complete the journey. They were trapped in the wilderness because their service failed and they were terminated. A failure to serve God right will lead to failure in the journey of life. The Israelites failed in their serving God and were terminated in the wilderness.
Serving God and not following Him fully is not enough to carry one through. Not to mention all, many are committed server but not follower of Christ. They are the prayer intercessor, choir leader, usher, Sunday school teacher, deacon, and elder. In their service to God, they have missed the engine that is transporting the vehicle of their service. Are you a committed server but far from God with your heart? Think about your way of serving God to do it right and not be a failure.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to serve Him right and not be a failure.