Welcome to the InTouch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, December 14th.

Have you been afraid that serving God will mean doing something you won't like?

Today's podcast helps you see that saying yes to Jesus can bring deep satisfaction and joy.

The Passion for God series continues.

In the eyes of God, all of us are servants.

When you trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you became a servant of the living God.

It is man who has decided that some people are servants and some are what people call laymen.

The Bible says we're all His servants.

That's why I continue to remind you of what He says in Ephesians chapter 2 when He says,

we are His workmanship, persons of notable excellence. He says we are His workmanship.

That is God's masterpiece. That doesn't mean He's finished, but He's still working on us.

Every single one of us who has been saved is a servant of the living God.

The only difference is we have different roles.

Can you identify anything specific in your life which you could say is an act of service for God?

And notice what Paul says.

He says we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus under good works which God hath before or dain that we should walk in them.

Which is His way of saying it is to be our lifestyle. Serving God is a natural, normal aspect and activity in the life of every single believer.

Well, one of the most beautiful descriptions of a passion to serve God is found in 2 Corinthians chapter 11.

I want you to turn that if you will. Verse 22, are they Hebrews?

So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I.

Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Are they servants of Christ? I speak as if in sane. I am more so. And then He says,

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