FAITH CAPSULE: God is to be served indeed and in truth.

2 Samuel 6

Serving God is to live life by His word for His glory.
God is to be served indeed and in truth.
Serve God with all heart, with all soul, and with all strength. 
A good intention to serve God and not serve Him right does not count before Him.
Uzzah had a good intention to serve but served wrongly and lost his life. 
He was in an attempt to stop the ark from stumbling when he put out his hand to stop the ark from falling off. 
The act of serving was against the word of God that forbids anyone from touching the ark. 
The Bible records, “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 was in the position to serve God but failed to follow with his heart; he violated the command of God to become terminated.
The children of Israel were coming out of the bondage of over four hundred years when God required them to serve Him, but they could not serve God with their whole hearts.
One serving God is the evidence not to confess negative at all times.
The Israelites confessed negatively instead of positively. 
God responds to the Israelites 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 failure to serve God, all the Israelites above twenty years could not arrive in the Promised Land.
They were trapped in the wilderness because their service failed before God. 
A failure to serve God right cannot arrive at the promise of God.
The Israelites failed in serving God to be terminated in the wilderness. 
Serving God is why God brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred years.
In life, answering a title is not the evidence of serving God diligently, but engaging in the task will count before God.
Are you one serving as prayer intercessor, choir leader, usher, Sunday school teacher, deacon, or elder but not serving God diligently engaging task? 
Many claims to be serving God but lack the understanding to walk in line with God.
Are you a committed server but far from God with your heart? 
Think about your way of serving God to do right, count before God, and not be a failure not arrive at the promise of God.

Prayer for today: Ask that you will know to serve God right and not be a failure.