Child, why do You Serve me?

"Child, why do you serve me?" God asks.

"Why, what do you mean?" I question.

Yet I know what He means.

"Child, why do you serve me?" the question comes again.

"Do you serve me because you love me?

"Or do you serve me for you?

"Child, why do you sing?

"If no one listened, would you still have a song?

"Would you still praise me?

"Would you still worship?

"Or do you worship because you know others watch?

"Child, why do you smile?

"Would you have joy if no one else in your world accepted you?

"Would you be confident in who you are in Christ?

"Or is your worth based on what others think of you?

"Child, why are you reaching out to others?

"Would you still do it even if others would never praise you for your kindness?

"Would you still love even though others hated you?

"Would you still serve even though no one saw you?

"Child, why do you believe in me?

"Would you believe if your life didn't make sense,

"If everyone around you criticized your faith?

"Would you believe in me if your life was like Job's?"

"Child, why do you love me?

"Do you see it as a ticket to Heaven?

"Or a way to better your life?

"Or Someone to protect you?

"Why do you love me?

"If you did not have the motivation of an audience,

"Would you still serve for the Audience of One?"