Exodus 23:25(KJV)
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
From our anchored Scripture, we understand that a covenant to serve God with all our heart, soul, and body is the doorway to a world of all-round happiness and fulfillment. It is also clear that our service to God provokes the blessing of God in our lives. God’s blessings flow for those who serve. Our dedication to God causes Him to service us. So, there is a strong connection between Kingdom service and God’s blessings. Serving God and the interests of His Kingdom does not only pay the best, but it pays the most. Its rewards are incapable of being matched, equaled, or rivaled. In other words, we don’t have to beg for bread when we serve God faithfully. As it is written in Job 36:11, “If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.” Doing whatever the Word commands will commit God to confirm His Word any day, anytime, and anywhere in any life.
Kingdom service is not just an activity fuelled by passion but a covenant practice with proven guaranteed benefits. No one has served God wholeheartedly and walked away empty-handed. Isaiah 45:19 says, “I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.” Our service to God is never in vain; we have access to His profits from serving God. We can never be at a loss when dedicated to God wholeheartedly. If we are passionate about His service, nothing can hold us down. The Lord promises to bless our bread and water so we can serve Him without any distractions. It means that as long as we are in God’s service, sickness, disease, affliction, and any such evil shall not and cannot have dominion over us. When we serve God with every strength, we do not beg Him for our healing because divine health is ours by the right of the covenant through service. Zechariah was in the service of God when his captivity of barrenness turned. Even though he and his wife had passed the standard child-bearing age, the covenant of God through service was never to be broken. However, a person not interested in serving God and begging God for blessings is like someone who is not an employee of a company but goes to the company to demand a salary at the end of the week or month.
Beloved, God wants to deal with every burden of your life if you commit yourself to Him in quality service. Yours is to serve, and it is God’s to take sickness away from the midst of you. Serve with the understanding that God is not using you but that you are serving Him for your own benefit. Serve with faith and excitedly, humbling yourself under God, and He will lift you up in due season. Be involved in practical kingdom services through evangelism or soul-winning, church service units, intercession and giving. As you wait on God for your health to improve, have your own children, or better your bread, serve Him with all your time, means, and life. Don’t look for God because of material things. Never look for Him because you want children, have cancer, or any other sickness or disease to get healed, but serve Him with your whole heart for who He is, and He will provide all these things for you. It pays to serve the Lord and costs to serve the devil. Remember, God is a jealous God and will not allow anything to take your attention from Him, so give Him your attention, and He will deal with your affliction.
O Lord, give me the grace to serve You with dedicated focus. Help me to make an impact in my service to You on earth in Jesus Precious Name.