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Reflection on Service: Him or I



Still reflecting on service.  When is it out of obedience and altruistic motives and when is it about me?

Today, I reflect on service again. I ask myself the question, is it about Him or about me? 

What questions need to be asked?

  • How tightly am I holding on to the outcome?  Controlling?
  • After serving, am I worried about getting a Thank you or an atta girl?
  • What do my fears tell me about my service?
  • Am I afraid of failure?  Afraid of failing God and others or afraid of failing and I look stupid?
  • Does the worry and anxiety show the motives of my service?
  • Am I serving Him?  Or am I serving myself? 
  • Finally, what is in it for me?  Everything or nothing?


 I have to admit, if I truly reflect on the service I do, it is way too much about me!

If my service is all about Him, then I would not hold on so tightly to the outcome.

"God, I'm scared to pray this, because I know I'm way in to thinking I have to prove myself.  I release all of my service and feelings of inadequacies to you.  I truly believe in your sovereignty and grace.  It is your church and your work.  The outcomes are in your hands.

 I don't want to live this way anymore!  I know YOU love and accept me as is.  I do not have to, or ever can prove my worth to you.  You have given me worth.  I will not fail you if I walk with and in you."


"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full. "He must increase, but I must decrease. "He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.…" John 3:29-31

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