Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Serve

...it is the giver who gets the glory.

And that, perhaps, is the most important thing of all. The only right way to serve God is in a way that reserves for Him all the glory. "Whoever serves (must do it) as one who serves by the strength that God supplies - in order that in everything God may be glorified" (1 Pet. 4:11). How do we serve so God is glorified? We serve by the strength He supplies. When we are at our most active for God, we are still the recipients. God will not surrender the glory of the benefactor, ever!

John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, pg. 44

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