Serving with Gladness

Scripture Psalms 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

Observation: We all know we are called to serve, but we are called to serve with the right heart. Serving is an opportunity for us to please God, but so many of us will either refuse that opportunity or do it without the gladness it should bring. We have a Heavenly Father that watches over us and loves us more than we can imagine and our goal should be to please Him. When we serve in His name it should be with gladness to honor Him, but if we are going to do it under an obligation we might be better off doing nothing.

Application: I need to have more joy when I serve. I need to stop worrying about the details and focus on that I’m doing it for my Lord and the joy that it will bring Him when I do it out of love for Him. What a concept that we can bring joy to our Creator, but His word tells us we do.

Prayer: My Lord my ultimate goal is to bring you joy from this life you have created me for. Open doors for your servant to serve and draw me closer to you. May my joy come from knowing that I’m your faithful servant and when you think of me it brings a smile to your face.