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IBS 31 - John 12:26

John 12:26
“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My father will honor the one who serves me.”

Serving God and following Him. I’m good at “serving him”, you know, doing things to honor Him; like volunteering at church. It’s pretty easy for me to do service like that. It’s what I’ve always done. Go to church, volunteer wherever they needed me. I always made my service take place of my relationship, all the while God just wanted me to follow Him. 
Following Him is something I’ve always struggled with. Doing what He’s called me to do, being who He’s called me to be. Having that relationship with Him. Learning that to serve God I need to have a relationship with Him. A legitimate relationship with Him. Not just one where I ask God for all these things and that’s it. It’s where I spend time with Him. I pray, I listen, I hear by His word. 
Following Him is more of a challenge, it’s scary. It takes you out of your comfort zone and you don’t have control. Following Him forces you to be fully dependent on Him. And that’s hard to do. I like being independent, having my own schedule, having control of my life. But that’s not what God wants. God wants me to glorify Him, and to do that I must follow Him, and to do that I must surrender all to Him. Trusting Him. Giving Him the schedule and control. It’s giving up my rights all for Him. And let me say, giving up rights is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, and am still constantly doing every day. 


Application: Whenever I’m doing service, I’ll pray that through that God and my relationship will get better and stronger and that He’ll shape to being more like Him. 

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