John 12: 26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
It's not that easy serving Him. If serving Him is easy, then you are not serving Him actually. Are you serving yourself? Are you serving the Devil? Are you serving the sinful nature of the Devil in you? If you are serving the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be where He is all the time. You have to follow Him obediently. He never promised a pathway strewn with flowers and a red carpet for you. He goes to places where no one would want to go. Will you go with Him? Will you follow Him faithfully. Will you complain on your way. Discipline is on that pathway. Are you willing to tread on that pathway till the end with Him? Have you taken a detour away from Him seeking a more comfortable life in this world? It's very easy leading a comfortable life, but it's harder following Christ our Lord, wherever He goes. The heavenly Father honors such a one, who is willing to go wherever the Lord goes. Are you led by the things of this world or by the Great Shepherd? If the Great Shepherd, you will have the divine nature of Christ formed in you. If the world, the sinful nature of the Devil would have matured in you. That would mean, you have made it as a full fledged servant of the Devil. Many disguise themselves to be the 'servants' of the LORD. This also He knows. We have only one trustworthy Shepherd and He knows who belongs to Him and is following Him till the end. He is no blind shepherd. He knows where He's going and He definitely knows who is following Him, wherever He goes. Stubbornness and rebellion in your heart towards the way He is leading you, will cause you to detour and seek your own comfort and pleasures that comes from the sinful nature of the Devil in you.
Hebrews 12:1-13
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline),then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. "Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
