Our lifes where made to serve.

Both the sermon in Church and lesson in Life group toady was about using your life to serve.

This topic has been on my mind a lot recently. I am still trying to figure out what God's big picture for me is, but I now realize that service is a big part of it.

So the past couple years I have been trying to find out where I can best be one who serves others in a why Christ intended. And though I am still trying to find my niche, I have come to realize a couple things that is always stated by people when they say serving is such a great thing, yet many do not understand why.

1. It is truly what God called each and every one of us to do. to serve him and others. Jesus did it his whole life. Even his death was a service to us.

2. Once you do it with the right attitude, it brings some of the greatest joy you can ever have.

3. I have been trying to find ways to serve others, using the skills and talents God gave me. While doing this, I have realized that I enjoy it more. God gives us all talents, ones that we enjoy using, and when we use them for the good of others, joy abounds.

I have a example I want to share, which is gonna lead to a challenge to anyone reading this. The last couple years, Jennifer and I have hosted a Crawfish Boil/BBQ around my Bday, it was my idea and I chose to do it around my Bday just as an excuse to have a gathering. I once used to think that adults throwing party's to celebrate their own Bday was kinda lame. Thus at first I worried about others thinking the same of me in this situation. Whether they do or not I do not care anymore, but I want to share my true intentions, not to boast, but again as a personal example of what this post is about.

I truly enjoy cooking for people. I truly enjoy seeing my friends and family gather together and food is a great thing to enjoy with others, and enjoy seeing everyone enjoying each others company. I enjoy serving others in this fashion. So a couple years ago, when I first started thinking about why I was here on this earth, why God gave me life, I started to realize it was to be of service. So I found ways to serve that I enjoyed. And I now use by Bday as a opportunity to serve others in a way that brings joy to others as well as myself, cause that is why I was born. Its not about my Bady, its about why I was given life, and that reason ends up being about everyone else.

So my challenge to all of you is this. If you do not know what your way of service is yet, which many of us do not, then look at what you enjoy doing, and how can it be used to serve others. Then plan on executing that service on your Bday. make your Bday about God and others. Not about you. Cause in the end, you are here for God and others, Not here for you.