May 7. Don't serve God. The eye of the Lord runs to and throw throughout the whole earth

to give strong support for those whose heart is blameless toward him. What is God looking for in the

world? Assistance? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted sign. Neither is the call to Christian

service. God is not looking for people to work for him. The eye of the Lord runs to and fro

throughout the whole earth to give strong support for those whose heart is blameless towards

him. He's the great worker. He's the one with broad burden-bearing shoulders. He's the strong

one and he is looking for ways to show it. This is what differentiates God from the so-called

gods of the world. He works for us.

Isaiah 64-4, from of old, no one has heard or perceived by the ear.

No eye has seen a God besides you.

In other words, this is His uniqueness, who works for those who wait for him. What does God want from us? Not what we might

expect. He rebukes Israel for bringing him so many sacrifices. I will not accept a bull from your

house, for every beast of the forest is mine. If I were hungry, I would not accept a bull from your house, for every beast of the forest is mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

Psalm 50, 9 and 10 and 12.

But isn't there something we can give to God that won't belittle Him to the status of beneficiary?

Yes, our anxieties, our needs, our cries for power to do His will.

It's a command. Cast all your anxieties on Him, 1 Peter 5.7, God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence

on His all sufficiency. Christianity is fundamentally convalescence. Patients do not serve their physicians. They trust them for good prescriptions

and therapy. The Sermon on the Mount is our doctor's therapeutic regimen, not our employer's job

description. Our very lives hang on not working for God. To the one who works, his wages

are not counted as a gift, but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in

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