KNOW GOD, LIVE LIFE TO SERVE HIM

If man does not know God how can man be-living life to serve God by doing according to His word?
It is lack of knowledge that makes man to be living life as it pleases self not as it pleases God.
Knowingly or unknowingly, all that answers as Christians are His disciples. Acts 11:26 buttressed, “And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Disciples that walked with Jesus and disciples of today (Christians) does have same characters. Christians by their ways do not KNOW Him but only KNOW ABOUT Jesus despite all He told disciples then and disciples of today.
Luke 24 clearly testified that disciples only KNOW ABOUT JESUS but do not KNOW Jesus:
*Christians took WORD AS IDLE TALES.
Today, Christians takes to the word of God without purpose or pointless story. Disciples of Jesus did same despite all their exposure to Jesus in all His doing. At the time of Mary Magdalene and other women announced resurrection of Jesus to his disciples, Luke 24:11 recorded the response of disciples to women’s announcement, “And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.”  With no exception, world has been approaching Jesus’ word as idle story.
*Christians (DISCIPLES) see Jesus as STRANGER in their journey.
When Jesus joined His disciple’s conversation in their journey after His resurrection, conversation of disciples testifies Christians’ character. It is written, “Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?” (Luke 24:18) Jesus is supposed to be known and received as saviour not as stranger.
For serving God, Jesus called His disciples out of FISHING to teach them and commanded them to be a FISHER of man. Mark 1:17, “Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
If indeed disciples have KNOWN Jesus, they should not have gone back to FISHING FOR FISH instead of FISHING of MEN after HE was dead and risen. John 21:3-4 recorded, “Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.  But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?”
Above all, man that does not know God will lack knowledge to set for self destruction. Book of Hosea 4:6 confirmed the issue of lack of knowledge, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge…”
Serving God is answering to God’s calling as a believer. Serving God is giving ear to God’s word by hearing Him to do His will. Failure not to give ear to hear God’s word comes with consequence for man. Proverbs 28:9 buttressed, “One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.” God demands for man to live life serving Him. For example, God called the Israelites to serve Him but Pharaoh wanted to deny the word of God. Exodus 4:23 speaks to God’s demand for man to serve Him, “So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.”
Are you serving God according to His word? Are you aware of His calling to serve Him but you are too busy not to be serving Him?
GREAT COMMISSION is a calling for man to serve God, it is a MISSION to be engaged by believer of God. Mark 16:14-18, recorded, “Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Jesus must have seen unbelief as hindrance for man’s failure to give self to His GREAT COMMISSION when He spoke against His disciples not knowing of His resurrection.
Are you engaging MISSION? MISSION is serving God. It is courageous faith to invest in God’s command and God will response with blessing. Exodus 23:25 is an example of God’s response to ones that serve Him saying, “So you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.”
How are you giving self to GREAT COMMISSION?
Serving God is sacrifice, sacrifice is serving God and it is costly. Do something to demonstrate that you serving by obeying HIS COMMAND for GREAT COMMISSION!