I am

Lately, the Lord has been placing on heart, the need to get the girls into the mind frame of being in service to  Him.  Not just occasional service, but living a life of service.  What does that entail?  For us it involves a number of things... service to the Lord answers the question who am I?  Who are you?  First you are (Name) and you are a child of God (a christian).  That is who we are.  We went into the grammatical aspect of this (am).  It implies a state of being.   I am a christian.  What does being a christian look like?  This involves a relationship with the Lord.  It means that I am growing in grace and in the knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (II Peter 3:18).  It means that I am loving the Lord with all my soul and with all my heart and with all my mind and that I am loving my neighbour as myself.  God loves people (John 3:16)  In order to demonstrate my love for God I must love others.  This morning, our devotion was taken from Phil. 3:7.    How do we live a life of service?  We have to understand first, the privilege, the honor we have to be called a child of God.  It is a privilege!  Do we see it as such?  Or perhaps we think we deserve our salvation.  When we see our salvation as an honor and a privilege, then we are ready to be of service to the Creator of the Universe.  Do you see your salvation as a privilege?  Do you understand that God's love for you is an honor?