bread of heaven

(Joh 12:26) If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.   If you really wish to serve a person and please him/her, you must know what that person wants so that you can do just what will make him/her happy. This principle also works in your relationship with God. In order to please God, you must know what God wants, you must see things from His perspective, you must know His “needs.” At any point in time, wherever the master is, there the servant should be also. Pleasing God in service involves understanding what God’s specific concerns are at a point in time. We all know God is primarily committed to redeeming human beings for himself out of the bondage of sin, so that blood washed holy people may worship Him and be prepared for eternity. But this is a wide goal with several assignments. Pleasing God in service would require that we know his specific priority at any point in tim...