What does Oswald Chambers mean when he says ‘The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him”? (39-40) What are some of the examples of ways students might allow service to Jesus to interfere with devotion to Jesus?
So often in Christian circles, the focus is placed on how we live our lives. It seems that so many times, if people are serving in the church, teaching Sunday school, or doing other worthy Christian activities, they are viewed as serving Christ. However, God sees into our hearts and, honestly, none of that service matters at all to Him if we do not love Him while we do it. Many times, the desire to demonstrate love for Christ is fulfilled through service, yet that same service can leave us exhausted and burnt out. When actions take greater importance over pure love for our Savior, there is a problem. Many people get caught up in serving Christ instead of loving him. Guinness addresses this issue when he says our first calling, to God, must be reestablished in place of secondary calling. In essence, Christians’ first calling is to love God, and our secondary calling is to live for him. We often get that mixed up. Devotion, in part, is being willing to do whatever a person asks of you and when we are too caught up in the work we think we need to be doing for God, we don’t stop and look at what He wants us to be doing, or to where he wants to lead us. I feel that serving Jesus, for example leading chapel worship, often takes the place of focusing on God and what His will for us is.
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