Folks, we ought to be amazed that God would choose to use us. "Oh Pastor, the sacrifices I make for the Lord's work, sing in the choir, come [back to church] early on Sunday afternoon, be a teacher, be a this, be a that, Oh Pastor - what sacrifices I make." Do you know what that is? It is a misplacement of praise. When Saul was choosen for the responsibility of being king over the first theocratic kingdom of God the world had ever seen. Saul was humbled, he said I'm from the least family of the tribe. I'm amazed that you would ask me.

Folks, you ought to be amazed that God would use us. It is like what Michael Horton said in his book, what ever happened to amazing in Amazing Grace. We have ceased to be amazed [by] the Grace of God enabling us and strengthening us to do service for God, and thereby we have misplaced the praise for God to ourselves.

Folks, it's a joy, it's a privilege, its an honor, it's an unspeakable joy to serve the one true and living God. Because a minute portion of one percent of the world has ever had that privilege of even singing in a choir, of teaching a sunday school, of evangelizing for His name sake, of giving honor and Glory to God. It is a privilege, an honor, it is something that is praise worthy for the Great God of heaven to serve Him. And yet we have the impression that if we serve God, we ought to have a monument to our name.

It is a joy, it is an incredible pleasure to serve this great God. And we are sinning against God when we complain about it. Yes, we get tired. Yes, we get weary in well doing. But we ought to say with Livingston, Away with such a word! Thats everytime someone mentioned to him how he had sacrificed in going to Africa. He said, Away with such a word! He said it is utterly no sacrifice. And there was a man who sacrificed greatly in comparison to us.

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