The Command To Serve Others

By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze

1. Stop Avoiding Others.
   Many people avoid others who are less privileged. They prefer to associate with only the rich and important people. They call this practice being wise or being smart. No. It is not. There is no wisdom in this. The practice is nothing but selfishness, and it leads to hell fire.
   


2. Stop Avoiding Opportunities To Serve Others.
   Majority are fond of avoiding opportunities to serve or help others. If you move towards them, they quickly change location. Should you wish to ask him for some favours, he is ready with convincing but false reasons why he cannot attend to you. Youths find it hard to run errand errands, nowadays. Thereby, they deceive themselves, and prevent their talents from becoming manifest and useful. Again, they hinder their spiritual growth, and at death, they cannot ascend to the brighter regions of heavens.
   


3. The Angel And The Son, Who Is Greater?
   The Angel or son, who is greater? Many would answer that the son is greater than the Angel. But the truth is that the Angel is greater than the son. The son is just a son. That is good and glorious, indeed. However, the Angel is a son who is busy attending to the needs of the other sons of God.
   


4. Girls Are Always Checking Seniority.
   When a young person calls a girl, the first thing the girl checks is whether the young person should come to her or she should go to the young person. Soon, she is giving points of correction. And then tells the person, “You should come here.” Does God check for seniority whenever you call on Him, or He simply answers you? He simply answers you, without delay. Do not allow protocol to deny you God's blessings.
   


5. Do It Yourself.
   The Devil introduced the principle of ‘Do It Yourself’ in order to mislead people. He succeeds because people are ignorant. Therefore, instead of people serving others, at occasions, they are busy serving each himself. When this happens, the joy of the Holy Spirit does not flow into your heart and overflow to others. Also, you loose the blessings you would have received from God. You become useless, at least for a time. The devil rejoices because he knows the he has succeeded in defrauding you. Is it not glorious to serve the sons of a king? You are happy and proud to do so. Now, learn the more excellent service and do it. For there is no service better and greater than serving the Almighty.
   


6. House Maids And Sons In The Family.
   Foolish enough, in many households, all the domestic services are left for the maids to perform. The sons and daughters are idle throughout the day. By so doing, the sons and daughters deny themselves the blessings of God. They also lack experience necessary to attend to the issues and challenges of life. Spiritually, they remain stagnant and complacent, without knowing it. Because people are spiritually weak, ignorant and undeveloped, they are easily manipulated by the evil spirits, mermaids, demons, ghosts and black energies.
   


7. How The Servant Is Richer Than The Master
   The man and his wife prefer to stay in the seats. From there they keep on issuing orders to the house boys and house maids: do this, do that, come here and go there. Even the children in the family emulate the father and mother by abandoning all domestic cores for the house boys and maids. From early morning to late night, the house boys and maids are busy serving all in the family. They do so without complaining, without receiving due rewards, even without appreciation form the members of the family.
   The great secret is that in heavenly records and accounts, the house boys and maids become richer than their masters: the man, the woman and the children. All because it is only the house boys and maids that are everyday busy serving others, according to the divine commandment: In serving others is your prosperity. Therefore, everybody should participate in rendering services wherever necessary.
   Similarly at occasions, those who go home with greatest blessings are those who are busy serving others. It is not those who occupy positions of honours. In the case of Mary and Martha, the real problem was that Martha was worrying and complaining. She was too anxious. She does not know how to be actively calm and calmly active. More over, she misplaced the priority: she was more interested in attending to bodily needs than in attending to spiritual needs.
   


8. Why Do God Normally Promote And Prosper Servants?
   God readily promotes and prospers servants because it is the servants that do what He said. Furthermore, it is the servants that have the necessary knowledge, skill and experience which God can easily build up. Besides, it is the servants that are humble. They are everyday busy rendering selfless services to humanity. Indeed, it is more befitting to attend to the needs of others than to stay idle on a glorious seat. Throughout history, God has not failed to leave good enough examples for us. He did so with Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David and Elisha. Now, He is even ready to do more with you.
   

1. You shy away from humble services. Instead, everybody wants to be served, to move about in the city in luxury cars.
2. You hate to serve others, not knowing that you are thereby not doing what God said.
3. You avoid the opportunities to help others.
4. You select only those friends that are well-to-do, those that shall not be a burden to them.
5. You make friends only with the rich and wealthy people, who have connections, so that they can gain so many things from those rich people. They prefer the perishable earthly gains from people to the everlasting and imperishable treasures of God.
6. You are easily deceived by immediate benefits. Before they engage in activity, they first check whether there is any benefit for them in the exercise. If there is no benefit, they withdraw from participating. That is too bad. You must deny yourself, by serving others, before you can enter the kingdom of heaven.
7. Even where you accept to help others, you spoil their good works by complaining, cursing, abusing, and murmuring; by being angry or unfriendly.
8. You prefer to be a master, instead of being a faithful servant. Nowadays, everybody wants to be free, which type of freedom is misleading and unbeneficial. The servant who serves his master or company with faithfulness, commitment and resourcefulness, is far better glorified than the master who sits on a glorious seat only to be served by others.