Servant-fighters: serving others by fighting worldliness

Go Humans Go.

Man at his Best

You Deserve the Best Life

Money

Look Your Best


Notice a trend? I was taking a long car drive and thought I would grab a magazine to read--bad idea...I was bombarded with the above headlines (as well as far worse covers!), none of which would have helped me to focus on the Savior, but only on myself. And I admit, it was tempting. (I mean, who doesn't want to "lose weight without dieting" and to "make money without working"...it sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? It is.)

Ladies, we must combat the prevalent view of our culture...that man is good, is entitled to the best of everything, and is never going to face judgment in the afterlife (if there is an afterlife).

We have to fight! Kind of become "servant-fighters." Oxymoron it seems--but Biblical, I believe.

Serve people. Love people. Pursue people.

Then fight for their souls with all of our being. For this we are created and saved by grace. We must pray. We must speak unabashedly of Jesus. We must live and breath the Gospel. All this while humbly acknowledging that without grace we can do nothing.

How sad an existence to live only for yourself and what you can get out of this world. I am reminded of some weeks ago when we were taught that true joy comes when you are part of something much bigger than yourself.

It is not a coincidence that America, the land where everyone is free to pursue "self," is one of the most depressed, selfish, overweight, cruel, insecure, idolatrous, miserable nations on the planet.

We are soldiers. Soldiers in a fierce battle. Battle with eternal significance. All for God's glory.

And as we have heard John Piper say often, "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."

Love Him. Treasure Him. Be satisfied in Him. Have joy overflowing in Him.

Only then will people look at our God and glorify Him. And it is for God to be glorified and praised which His children long for--we love Him so.

Isaiah says that one day "we will search for our enemies, but we will not find them...they will be as nothing at all." How great and terrible a promise. God grant that we live to see many of our "enemies" become fellow heirs--for this reason we toil on this earth.

And we know that one day we will see Him in His full glory.