MINISTERS OF THE ALTAR OF GOD

SERVING GOD WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING

Beloved, you and I were called to serve God with fear and trembling. Say: Amen!

What a great privilege it is to be called by God!

We were not called only to receive salvation. We were also called to serve.

You may not be able to imagine the honor and privilege of being a servant of the living God.

God loved the whole world. He called people from all nations. And among those who believed, many were reached by salvation.

But in the midst of this multitude of saved people, God also chose some to perform specific functions in His Kingdom.

Say: Amen!

All those who are saved are servants of God. But there are those who were specifically called to certain services within the work.

Some are workers, others are pastors, others teachers, others evangelists, others prophets, and others were called to different ministries and responsibilities.

God distributed the gifts and offices according to His will, so that each one could work in His harvest.

Say: Amen!

And Paul teaches us that each person should remain in the calling to which they were called.

Whoever was called to give, let them give.

Whoever was called to comfort, let them comfort.

Whoever was called to teach, let them teach.

Whoever was called to preach, let them preach.

Each one must faithfully fulfill what God has placed in their hands.

Because no one did anything to deserve being chosen. Neither for salvation nor for service.

It is all by the grace of God. Say: Amen!

Therefore, serving the living God is an extraordinary privilege.

We are not serving just any god. We are serving the living God, in the living Church.

And this must make a difference in the way we serve.

We cannot treat the things of God as a joke, as something ordinary or unimportant.

Unfortunately, when people lose the fear of God, Christian service can become entertainment. The church begins to be treated as a place of shows, celebrations, conferences, congresses, and activities that, many times, cease to put God at the center.

But the living Church needs servants who have fear, reverence, zeal, and responsibility before the work of God.

Say: Amen!

Serving God with fear and trembling means understanding that what we are doing is holy and important.

We need to have zeal for the work.

We need to have responsibility for what God has placed in our hands.

We need to respect the calling.

We need to respect the Word.

We need to respect the house of God and the people of God.

We cannot play with what God considers serious.

Say: Amen!

The time of childishness, of playing around, and of lack of responsibility needs to end.

The time has come to mature.

The time has come to understand the weight of the responsibility we have received.

If God has called us, let us serve.

If God has entrusted us with a work, let us take care of it.

If God has given us a responsibility, let us fulfill it faithfully.

Because the privilege of serving the living God also requires fear and trembling.

May we never lose the fear of God.

May we never lose our zeal for His work.

May we never treat as ordinary what God has made holy.

And may we, until the last day, be able to say:

“Lord, everything that You placed in my hands, I sought to fulfill faithfully.”

Say: Amen!