Serve the Lord with Gladness

To serve the Lord with gladness takes the joy of the Lord which is your strength. Sometimes we don’t feel like serving the Lord at all, yet alone with gladness. Even doing service for the Lord reluctantly doesn’t cut it. The intentions and motivations of our hearts can clearly be seen by God. It is a worship to the Lord to serve with gladness. Anything we do should come from the heart when it comes to serving. Our servitude to the Lord is our worship to Him. How we do things in life should always be done as if we’re doing it for the Lord. On our jobs, we’re working for the man but we’ll have a much better witness for God doing things in excellence. As we have quiet time with the Lord, we are building our relationship with Him. Out of that relationship comes a boldness for the Lord which carries over into our everyday living. The stronger our fellowship with God is the easier it is to serve the Lord with gladness. Our fleshy appetites can be an issue from time to time. Because it has a mind of its own, it must be kept in check. The battle between our human spirit and our flesh (our bodies), will not stop until we pass on to the next life. Learning how to keep your body’s inordinate appetites suppressed, goes a long way in dealing with life on planet earth the way things are today. Worship the Lord with gladness, and serve Him with true conviction in excellence.