Coerced Service

My grandmother of blessed memory used to say this while she was still with us: any errand you run simply because you were reprimanded or shouted at is not coming from your heart and is not usually accepted, for you never did it with all of your heart.

Little did I know that what she said was scriptural until I discovered this verse of the scripture from the letter of Paul the Apostle. So, my grandma never knew she was quoting Paul by her statement. Do you know what this kind of service is called? It is called COERCED SERVICE.

What is it, you may ask? To coerce is to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats. Bring it to the church and your service to God. Any service you render in the house of God, but if you were only persuaded to do it because you never wanted to, it is a coerced service, and God does not receive such service because it is not coming from your heart.

This is the same with giving, worship, attending meetings, fasting, etc. So long as it is not from your heart, then know it will come with no reward. Coerced service is a sin before the Lord. It is offering a strange fire before the Lord, and it must stop. Be guided.