Did you know we all have a job? Your job is in your home, where you live, to keep order and to serve. After all, isn’t that all of our jobs? So what is expected of you? What are some of your chores? Do you get paid for your chores?
Growing up I had to clean my room, help put away the dishes, I didn’t have to do my own laundry but I did have to put it away. And then I had to cut the grass.
In Ephesians 6:1-3 it says, "Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”
It says that if you honor your parents (and what they say and obey) then things will go well for you. I’m not gonna ask because we all want things to go well for us. Nobody likes to have bad days.
Notice that it also says to obey "because you belong to the Lord." You don't belong to yourself anymore.
Luke 9:23-24
23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
Take up your cross and get rid of selfishness. Selfishness has no place in the Kingdom, and in your heart. This is something I have been convicted of lately. When you have selfish motives and selfish ways, the Lord really can’t use you.
Take some time to meditate on these scriptures and if this has been an area where you mess up then ask the Lord for forgiveness. Think about the commitment you made to Him when you got saved and give up your selfishness to Him. Die to your own selfish desires and as it says, carry your cross not just today, but everyday.
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