Serving God in Every Season
‘So we make it our goal to please him,
whether we are at home in the body or away from it’
2 Corinthians 5:9
It is wonderful to think that our aim as Christian people in this life and the next is to please
the Lord Jesus by doing his will. He is the person above all others that we would wish to please.
We are not trying to gain his love, but because we know that he loves us.
It is our response to his love. In this life, most people retire from work.
But in the Christian life, we never retire. Our retirement from work may give us more
opportunities to serve him in the love we have for others.
Just as we have been so deeply loved, so we walk by love, the love
which inspires the good works which we do as servants of Christ.
Question for thought: What truly pleases the Lord Jesus?
Gracious Lord, we pray for our sisters in Rumek, South Sudan.
Our hearts are heavy when we hear of continued fighting and persecution of Christians.
We give thanks that Mothers Union has been able provide emergency relief
and long-term development programs. May the light of the gospel shine through all they do.
In Jesus’ name. Amen