Saved to Serve

"And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." (1 Chron. 28:19-20).

If you have trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior you are saved and on your way to heaven (John 5:24). You are heaven born and heaven bound. But we've been saved not just to know we're going to heaven. We've been saved to serve.

God called Solomon to build the temple or House of the Lord. In Solomon's day the temple was a physical building. But today the temple is the church, which is made up not of walls but of born again believers. In Ephesians Paul wrote, "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit" (Eph. 2:19-22).

According to Paul the church (made up of believers) is the habitation of God through the Spirit. And its within that community of believers Christian are to grow in the Lord as they serve one another.

David encouraged his son to be faithful in the building up of the temple by saying, "Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." In the same way that Solomon was to be faithful to build up the temple, Chrisitans are to build up eachother in the Lord. And when we are serving God in and through the church, like Solomon we can stand on the promise that God will be with us and equip us for the work he has called us to do. Find out what God wants you to do and do it trusting that the Lord will be with you.