(Luke 17:7-10)
I want to expose one of satan’s great lies that he has sold to believers. The lie is, “God owes you because you serve Him.” The truth is, God does owe us. He owes us eternal banishment to Hell. You see, we all sin and come short of God’s glory. The Bible clearly says there is, “None that does good, no not one.” It is only because of God’s unconditional love and mercy for each one of us that He has made a way for us to escape eternal separation and everlasting punishment. By His grace, He sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins, paying our debt for us. So how could we ever, under any circumstances think that God owes us anything.
You see my friend, the root of this lie is found in the world system. The world system says, “Work hard and be rewarded.” The world system says, “Get paid.” The world system says,“Don’t do anything for free.” Of course, we know that the god of this world is satan himself, who the Bible says in John 8:44 is the “father of lies.” So many believers take the world system into their Christian life and somehow buy into this lie that God owes them because of their service to the Kingdom. We have to understand that when we accept the Lord into our life, as Paul says, we become “slaves to God.” Peter writes, “Live as servants of God.”
You see, we are NOT in an employer/employee relationship with God, but a master/servant relationship. Read what 1 Corinthians 7:22 and 23 says: If we understand that we are servants, exactly what does that entail? A servant is to be obedient. Ephesians 6:5 says, “Slaves obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you obey Christ.” The number one duty of a servant is obedience. A servant is faithful Read Colossians 3:22 and you understand that a servant is faithful whether his master is watching or not. I’ll let you in on a secret though. God is always watching and I am convinced much of what we go through in this life is a test of our faithfulness. We are faithful, not because of what we might get, but out of gratitude for what our master has already done for us. Lastly though, a good servant has a desire to please his master. Read Titus 2:9 and you will see there should be a burning desire to please our God. We serve God out of a desire to please Him.
You see, the truth is God doesn’t owe us, we owe God. We are His servants, and as servants, it is our duty to be obedient, faithful, and pleasing to our master. Because of His grace and mercy, God does bless us along the way, but a true servant lives for only one reward. It is what I live my life for, and what you should be striving to live your life for. To one day hear my master, my God, say, “Well done thou God and faithful servant.”
I love you, care about you, and pray that you will open your heart to God to receive this special message today. Never forget, God owes us nothing, we owe Him our lives. We are not an employee of the Kingdom, we are servants of the Most High!!!
