By Pastor Oloruntimilehin Joshua Daramola(BOSORO)

It becomes pertinent to bring to the notice and acknowledgement of people of the world, particularly the believers that serving God is fundamental. There are some things people need to know and do them in the process of serving God.

These have been mentioned several times before but still need to be emphasised so that people can embark on journey with God and see His favour. If people fail to follow and observe those things, then on the day of resurrection they will not rise during rapture. Some of these things are little but not courageous to allow the truth to prevail in their lives and fear God.

Anytime temptation comes and the person is not saved then he or she will wonder and complain why the unpleasant things   hap-pening to him or her while he or she is serving God. I want to advise and appeal to people to be prepared, and counting their days and watching their neighbours falling and dying.

They should be thinking that they are not strong and healthy than the person that died. Also be thinking or saying the person that died was righteous than they do. Therefore people should be thinking they can die within a minutes.

People should compare them-selves with a person that is hale and hearty, no medical history indicating any sickness stumbled and died. Then let people have in their mind that they can any moment. Let people be prepared with armour because the owner of life can claim it anytime..

If HE claims it where are you going? Some people call God but they are not serving God. On the of difficulties, God will not answer them. Some people are serving the way they like and God cannot be served anyhow you like.

God need to be served the way HE wants to be served. People need to serve God when it is convenient and not convenient. T Bible says in 1Timothy 4 verse 2 “ Preach the word! Be ready in season and out season…” When it is time to serve God, no problem whatsoever should debar people from serving God. Whether a person is in a pleasant or unpleasant condition, he or she shouldt serve God at the right time so that HE could save the person from difficult situation.

A child of God serves him when he or she hungry, afflicted, in sorrow etc. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 10:37-39 “ He who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthu of me. And he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me…” Also a personthat loves his wife than Jesus or loves her husband than Jesus is not worthy to be for Jesus. So if a person is experiencing hardship or any of his family(wife and children) is at the verge of death, at the time of service definitely as a person of flesh the person will prefer to attend to a person at rhe point of death.

But what Jesus was emphasizing is that serve God first and He would take care of your sick person. It is difficult for person to abandon sick child and go to serve God. Many people think or believe they are serving or worshipping God but in actual fact they are just paying lip service to work of God. The Bible says in Isaiah 29:13-14 “ These people are near to me with their mouth and honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me, their worship of me is made up of rules and taught by men…” Brethren, let your service of God includes doing good, because a day will come when goodness will not be with you again so that God can stretch His hands of goodness to you. If you do good very well you will receive it very well but if you do good in a lazy manner, you will be payback in same manner. The Bible says in Galatian 6:7- “Do not be deceived God cannot be mocked.

A man reaps what he sows. Who-ever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruct-ion, whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us no be wary in doing good, for at proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up….” All these are tools needed to prepare people for tomorrow so that the favour of God would be upon them.

People should realize that God own us(Psalm100:3) so people should take any matter concerning God serious. Also people should hastily do what will make God hastily reciprocate people’s need. Let the service of God and doing good be paramount things in our lives.