Loyal to God

What does it mean to be loyal to God? If you are a Christian, it means that you live your life for Him. Do not make a mistake in thinking that means that you go into the ministry and give all your time to Christian work. For the believer in Jesus Christ, there is no difference between sacred and secular work. All we do is ministry if we do it to the glory of God. A.B. Simpson said, “God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to do.”

As a Scout who is a Christian (Scouting is a non-sectarian organization that recognizes all faiths), you know that you are a constant representative of the Lord you serve. How you behave, the language you use, the character you display are all an example of what Christ is in your life. Pastor Sinclair B. Ferguson said, “There is nothing more important about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ.”

“Faithful servants never retire.  You can retire from your career,

but you will never retire from serving God.”

– Rick Warren

Author/Pastor

I dare say that none of us are satisfied with how we represent Christ to the world we live in. We all feel that we fall short and have failed Him countless times. Even evangelist Billy Graham said, “The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’”

However, being loyal to God is not being perfect. If anyone of us could be the perfect example of Christ, we would not need a Saviour. We all fall short, and all need help. The thing that makes us a Christian is that we stay at it. We do not give up at every difficulty and turn back to the world. We know that there is only one hope and one source of power, which is Jesus Christ who gave His life for our salvation.

Loyalty to God means we belong to Him. No matter how many times we may stumble along the way, we will never leave Him or go back to the life we knew before Him. His loyalty to us is without question. He said He would never leave us or forsake us. We are the ones who can show the world power and freedom that there is in Christ. We can do the one thing Jesus Himself could not do. Show the world a sinner saved by grace.

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

– Romans 8:38-39

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