Serving with gladness
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Why is it so hard to delight in the Lord and serving with gladness? Psalm 119:35
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Serving with gladness
- 4. Common That hinder us from SERVING WITH DELIGHT
- 5. 1. Your don’t know what delight means Delight = Great Pleasure
- 8. 2. You delight but with the wrong purpose
- 10. 3. Your love to serve > love for God & His People
- 14. What adjustments do you need to make in yourself (ex: in priorities, in attitude) to so you can really Serve with gladness & “delight in the Lord”?
Editor's Notes
- There are 2 ways to follow the Lord... to see it as an obligation or privilege. To see the commands as a rule or a peace from knowing you are doing the will of God. There is a passage that spoke to me a couple of weeks ago, but its only this week that I can share it. I hope it speaks to you as well….
- Imagine the prayer and wish of this psalmist. He's like a machochist, it's just like saying please lengthen my term of imprisonment, give me more work, give me more rules... but my question is why would anyone ask for that? It Reminded me of my class in the seminary because recently i've been in so much stress. They were not kidding when they said as I was enrolling and someone suggested I do not take full load because by the looks of it, these 2 subjects - Hermaneutics and Counseling Foundation were already too much. True enough, it's caused me so much stress to the point I was getting anxious and depressed. So yesterday, the teacher asked us if we wanted more resource materials so we could make our papers better. The class answered in unison "Nooooooooo!!!" It was a total opposite of what this Psalmist was saying. And as I asked why this Psalmist was asking God to "Make me walk in the Path of your commandments" God reminded me of another verse in the Old testament that said
- And it made me understand, why this Psalmist would want to pray this prayer. The truth is, just last monday I was struggling... What if I give all the ministry up... I want to build my name again, my business, pursue my dreams, provide for my family... but I know the heart is deceitful and it was blinding me with the things of this world so that I can forget the real mission Christ has set me out to do. How many of you can say that you are living your purpose?
- Today I want to discuss, 3 most common Pitfalls that hinder us from Serving with delight. This is not the complete list of pitfalls, I'm sure there is more out there but this is what the Lord led me to:
- And because of this, your delight is sub-standard. When we read the word delight, what comes to mind ? Have fun? Smile? The word actually means "Great pleasure"... Sometimes, we are led to believe that as long as we are serving. We all know the greatest commandment right?
- Does this sound anything close to the standard of loving and serving the psalmist was talking about? How is your attitude? How are your priorities? Are you counting the cost? or are we like Paul when he said in Philippians 3:8
- Sometimes we serve because we've already signed up and it is what is expected of us, sometimes we fear being judged by our peers, sometimes, we feel it as work or obligation. Sometimes, we sign-up because it is what God says in his bible that we are to serve one another and it is what "Saved" christians should do.
- When you serve the Lord, whether to preach on the pulpit or to give fliers to everyone who comes in the door, know this... The Lord doesn't need you to do that, He is not short on manpower. What the Lord wants to see is your obedience.
- I've seen volunteers serving with delight, giving it all they got. But sometimes this in itself becomes a hindrance. In our preaching 101 class one of the things I learned was "Do not love preaching more than the people that you preach to." My question is I am serving now because I like what I do or is it because I delight in the Lord? What if God calls me out of my comfort zone or if God takes away something I dearly love - Will I still delight? I've seen volunteers serving with delight, giving it all they got. But sometimes this in itself becomes a hindrance. In our preaching 101 class one of the things I learned was "Do not love preaching more than the people that you preach to." My question is I am serving now because I like what I do or is it because I delight in the Lord? What if God calls me out of my comfort zone or if God takes away something I dearly love - Will I still delight?
- Today, in the gym I had a realization: I use a Heart rate monitor like this one. It tells me how fast my heart beats. Usually, people use this as a basis of how much calorie they are currently burning, but today as I was in the gym and thinking about this message today. I realize my HRM also tells me if i'm working hard or just being complacent. There's 3 zones - Zone 1 is 100-120 which is like when you are walking, Zone 2 is from 121 - 140 which is like Running and 141+ is like when you are in hyper mode but specifically in my watch there is a zone where everything just goes blank... I notice it happens when I reach 160+ and I know i'm over my own limit because it feels like i'm running after my own heart and I tell you, you can't reach this area if you are not delighting in whatever it is you are doing... I've tried it! like if my mind was thinking about work, or day dreaming... it's impossible to reach this zone. But know that in terms of our relationship and how we serve God, this zone and nothing less is where God wants you to be... and I just can't help but wish that I had a heart rate monitor that can tell me if I am currently "Delighting" or not. and if working out gives me a promise of a better body and a healthier life... God is giving me a much better promise.
- Sometimes, back in our minds we doubt if this verse is really true. Lord, i've been serving you for years now with delight, i've given up almost everything and I have not yet received the delights of my heart... Did I read the promise correctly? What did I miss? 1st, Taking delight means our heart finds fulfillment in Him. God becomes our Joy, our anchor. 2nd, When this happens our goals, ambition, purpose, priorities and dreams aligns with His (it changes). 3rd, We will never go unfulfilled. Which is why we read a similar point in Matt 6:33
- You will really see, that all you needed was Jesus. You see when you choose to follow Jesus, some people may see you as failure, as a nobody and some may even avoid you. But let me ask you, who are you trying to please anyway? Is it the Lord or is it people? QUESTION: Knowing the facts above, what adjustments do you need to make in yourself -- in priorities, in attitude to improve your delight?