Monday, August 05, 2013
The service of Jesus true pleasure affords,
in Him there is joy without an alloy
'tis heaven to trust Him and rest on His words,
it pays to serve Jesus each day
It pays to serve Jesus, it pays everyday
it pays every step of the way
though the pathway to glory may sometimes be drear
you'll be happy each step of the way
It pays to serve Jesus whatever betide
it pays to be true whatever you do
tis riches of mercy in Him to abide
it pays to serve Jesus each day
Though sometimes the shadows may hang over the way
and sorrows may come to beckon us home,
our precious Redeemer each toil will repay
it pays to serve Jesus each day
thankful for church and sunday's sermon! (: and it came as such a timely reminder too!
in all the 3 weeks i spent in Spain, i didnt manage to go to any church, so coming back to zion was kind of an emotional one for me. and just being together with friends again just made me realise how much i love it here, and how blessed i am (:
we were just talking about service on saturday, and then sunday comes a great message on the heart of service! some of us are starting to feel jaded in service, and just getting carried away with all the motions and busy-ness of service that we forget WHY we are serving in the first place! we serve because we were first loved, in our unlovable states, and now want to go out and love others!
i sometimes forget that every act of service IS noticed by God, and often think that i wilL please Him more if i do something "bigger" for God. but i know that God is very pleased both with the one who is in the committee and the one who writes encouraging letters or cleans up after others or the one who hands out bulletins. God gives us the talents that we have, and he doesn't expect us to be someone that we cannot be.
i also realised that one of my motives for wanting to do something big for God is because i dont want to be someone who leaves nothing behind when i die. but i realised that that is an awfully selfish reason, because pleasing God should always be the reason, and not because of recognition or accumulating works. i was kind of disgusted with myself after i realised that, but now, it feels like a load has been taken off my shoulders, and im free to just live life in a way that pleases Him! its not about legalism, its about being set free (:
its about a week to the start of school. it feels like this holiday was only 1 month long haha, somehow it passed too quick. but i'm not dreading school, because i kinda got into the motion of it during the course, so it feels like school had already started! im thankful for the awesome opportunity of this course! (: and thankful that i'm safely back home! (: God is good! (:
avoid the aliens;
2:10 PM
