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Galatians 5:13-14  NLT

For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”


Powerful truth.  As we serve others and share God’s love, we literally do what God called us to do.  It is in serving and love that the law of God is summed up.


That is another reason God called us to serve.  In serving we are like God.  In serving we allow others to get a break or to rest.  In serving we meet needs and help people in ways we know and in some we might not know.


To love others is what God says pleases Him.  Remember that verse, or verses in the Old and New Testaments, about loving God with everything that we are and have.  Remember the next thought is about loving your neighbor.


Within the context of loving God and loving others we are in the middle of what God says is His will.  In loving we are fulfilling His law.  In loving we are allowing others to see their God-given worth.  In loving we are even reminding ourselves that our purpose has much more to it than just what we need.


It is Thursday.  I am preparing for our team to serve at the speedway this weekend.  There are lots of other things going on to.  But what I realize is that everything I do really hinges on these two thoughts.


Love God.  Love others.  Serve God.  Serve others.


Choose today to love and serve.  Ask God to use you to help yourself and help others experience God!

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