Deuteronomy, Chapter
10, Verse 12-13
12 Now, therefore, Israel, what does the LORD, your God, ask of you but to
fear the LORD, your God, to follow in
all his ways, to love and serve the LORD, your God, with your whole heart and
with your whole being, 13 to keep the
commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am commanding you today for your
own well-being?
What is meant by serving God?
Doing the will of God in all things which
He requires of us, in whatever state of life we may be placed, and doing this with
fidelity, with unwearied zeal, and out of love for Him. (Goffine’s Devout
Instructions, 1896)
When
we are bored and familiar with routine work, let us be like the old washer
woman Oseola McCarty and generously offer ourselves to the Lord for He indeed
knows our needs and will take care of our well-being.
Each one should
judge his own conduct without having to compare it with what someone else has
done. (Gal. 6:4)
In the twilight
of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes,
but on how well we have loved. (St. John of the Cross)
Let us remember
Christ’s words to us on service, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny
himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life
will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel
will save it.” (Mk. 8:34-35) Life seen as mere self-centered earthly existence
and lived in denial of Christ ends in destruction, but when lived in loyalty to
Christ, despite earthly death, it arrives at fullness of life. True
discipleship is total commitment to Christ through self-renunciation and
acceptance of the cross of suffering, even to the sacrifice of life itself.
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