Serving Others... Even in the Busiest Season of the Year

November 13 , 2024

At the end of your life on Earth, you will stand before God and give an account as to how you spent your time here on Earth. God will evaluate how well you served him by serving others with your life.

The Bible says, “Each of us will give a personal account to God” (Romans 14:12 NLT).

Think about the implications of that. One day God will compare how much time and energy you spent on yourself compared with what you invested in serving others.

At that point, all of our excuses for self-centeredness will sound hollow: “I was too busy” or “I had my own goals” or “I was preoccupied with working, having fun, and preparing for retirement.”

The Bible says that you’re only fully alive when you’re helping others. Jesus said it like this: “If you insist on saving your life, you will lose it. Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live” (Mark 8:35 TLB).

Then he repeats a similar truth twice in the book of Matthew and twice in Luke:

·      “If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it” (Matthew 10:39 TLB).

·      “For anyone who keeps his life for himself shall lose it; and anyone who loses his life for me shall find it again” (Matthew 16:25 TLB).

·      “Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it, but whoever insists on keeping his life will lose it” (Luke 9:24 TLB).

·      “Whoever clings to his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall save it” (Luke 17:33 TLB).

Did you catch that? This truth is so important that it is repeated five times in the Gospels. If you are not serving, you are just existing—because life is meant for ministry.

What does God expect from you? He wants you to learn to love and serve others unselfishly. 

A great way to serve others (and honestly, a really fun way) is to come serve with us at Christmas Village this December. Christmas Village is FUN… but how is it ministry?

Well, there will be MANY people from our community who don’t know Jesus on our church campus for one night. Serving them with a smile is a small way to love on them this holiday season. We’ve had several families find our church and then grow to love Jesus, all because they came to Christmas Village. And, all because one of YOU served them.

When you serve at Christmas Village, you are investing in people.

I know, we are all busy. But, I encourage you, choose to give up one or two nights in December to serve. It will be rewarding, both here and in heaven. You can CLICK HERE to sign up to help.