A Look at Psalm 119:91
Created to Serve
Psalm 119:91 “Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve You.”
All things have been appointed to serve God. This verse could also be phrased,
“Your laws endure to this day because all things serve You.” Our service to God keeps the laws of God alive. God is faithful; because of that, we serve Him. Our serving Him maintains the very life of God on earth. If no person served God, there would be no life of God on earth. God lives through and in us.
Satan has always sought to destroy true Christianity, for without it there would be no witness of God on earth. However, our humble service to the Lord defeats Satan because it keeps the life of God alive. His laws endure to this very day because men and women have served God. If all people everywhere served God, this would be heaven on earth.
Servanthood is a position of humility. It is only through humility that the life of God is released from within us. Humility comes through dying to self. In John 12:24 we read Jesus' words, “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” There is life within the kernel of wheat, just as we have the life of Christ within us. However, unless it dies, no life comes from it. The kernel dies in order for its hard outer shell to break open.
That hardened shell is representative of our human nature or our soul. When that kernel of wheat submits, it opens, releasing life. Likewise, when the human soul submits and dies to its self-centered ways, it opens itself to be filled with service to God, releasing the life of Jesus to others. The presence of God is most powerful when the church service is full of broken people. People who have submitted their will to God keep His laws alive.
The opposite of humility is pride. Pride does not want to serve others, it wants to be served by others. The laws of God endure when people serve God. Even Jesus said in
Matthew 20:28 “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.”
Let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse and while you do, consider whether you desire to be served by others or to serve others.
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