Names of Those who served God with their heart.

THOSE WHO SERVED GOD FROM HEART

When it's in your Heart, You can have it. 

"Our service to God doesn't impact on him but on us. God is Big already, You can't Make him bigger "

-TBYO-

Matthew 5:19
Jesus taught there will be those who are called great in the kingdom of heaven and those who will be called least. Not everybody in the kingdom of heaven will have the same honor.
There were many great men in the Bible so it is but in this case we will be rating them from the old testament to the new.

From the Old Testament.

1. Abraham: Abraham the father of many nations was considered a faithful servant of God.(Genesis 17:9) Why was he faithful?
   A. He was willing to sacrifice his own son in order to be obedient to God.
   B. He also left his own city-nation in Ur, leaving the rest of his family, his friends, his security, and all that he knew to go to a place that he had never seen
   C. He was willing to do this as an act of faith and obedience.
   Luke 1:5: God is still ready to be closer to you as he did to Abraham.
2. Moses: Moses the stammerer and God's side kick was considered the meekest and most humble. Numbers 12: 3. Why was he considered humble?
   A. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. he knew he was Predestined and Protected. 
   B. He Choose Humility Before Honor
   Imagine the change. From the plush comforts of Egypt to the hot desert of Midian. Moses chose God over Egypt, and this is how it turned out. Or did it? God did not immediately intervene when Moses got in trouble for trying to help his fellow man. Did Moses think, “Is this what I get for trying to be faithful and fulfill my calling?” (compare Hebrews 11:24-25).
   But God had not given up on Moses. He just used the circumstances to continue Moses’ training.
   Moses became what the Egyptians despised—a shepherd (see Genesis 46:31-34)
   C.Instead of leading mighty armies, he was reduced to leading fragile sheep. Instead of being a great orator to thousands of people, he talked to animals. Can we imagine what was going through Moses’ mind during his journey back to Egypt? Surely he thought of many memories of his family and the joy of seeing his brother and learning about the welfare of his parents and sister. Chills must have run up his spine as he realized his parents were right.But now, instead of thinking of himself as someone important, he really felt inadequate. He knew he needed God. This was not the same Moses who left Egypt 40 years earlier.
   D. He was A Man of Selfless Devotion: Even with all the great miracles done through him and all the attention given him, Moses still gave credit to God. Forty years earlier this might have gone to his head (compare 1 Timothy 3:6). Even leading 2 million people, Moses knew God was their leader, not him.
   God used Moses to lead some 2 million people out of captivity to the Promised Land. And God even spoke to Moses face to face as a friend. What honor! We know that humility and a deep respect for God were a large reason for this honor given by God (Isaiah 57:15; 66:2).
3. Job: Job the man of intergrity was considered Patient: When someone exhibits great endurance through all kinds of trials, annoyances, or provocations, we say that person has “the patience of Job.” The idiom is applied to those who nobly persevere in the face of overwhelming hardships. The expression has its origin in James 5:10–11: “Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.”
   Job’s patience stands out because Job’s story is extreme in the amount of suffering he endured. Job lost all of his children and his wealth in a single day. He then was covered in painful sores, and his wife offered him no support—she encouraged him to give up, curse God, and die (Job 2:9). When Job’s three friends came to comfort him, they could not even recognize him from a distance (Job 2:12). Adding to Job’s pain, his friends falsely accused him of wrongdoing and blamed his troubles on his unrepentant heart. Through it all, Job patiently endured (Job 2:10).
   With the many forms of suffering facing these early Christians, it was important to be reminded that they, like Job, had done nothing to deserve their suffering but were to patiently endure for the sake of Christ. Just as Job faced many struggles, they would face hardship in living for God. This is one of the key themes of James (1:2–4, 12–15; 5:7–13).
4. Daniel: Daniel the focused was considered a courageous man: Daniel in the lion’s den” is a story of both courage and bravery, but most of all, about true faithfulness.Daniel was uprooted from his homeland as a prisoner of war and relocated to Babylon as a teenager. It's believed that he was a descendant of King Hezekiah, thus a prince of Judah (2 Kings 20:17-18). Daniel was probably a eunuch (Dan. 1:3-7) and so he never mentioned a wife or children.
   His name means "God is my judge."
   It is actually life-threatening to kneel before anyone other than the king today. Like everyone else in the land of Babylon, Daniel had read the latest decree sent out from the king. Those who worship anyone other than the king during the next thirty days shall be cast into the lions’ den. It is truly an awful fate.
   But Daniel does not hesitate. There is no question of him leaving his God, who has been with him from the very first day. Daniel’s God has never failed him, and Daniel will never forsake God. Daniel served God, and God alone
5. David: David the griever was considered a man after God's heart: Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9
   Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3
   Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9
   Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1
   Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1
   Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7
   Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1
   Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6
   Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34
   Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11
   David’s example is a great road map for how we are to live our life.
6. Joseph Trusted that God Was Always With Him
Joseph lived to be 110 years old (Genesis 50:26). His great grandfather Abraham’s legacy never would have continued—let alone continued for 4,000 years—without Joseph’s unswerving trust that the Lord God always was with him.

From The New Testaments.

1. Paul: Paul the Evangelist and Apostle: Paul was a couple of years younger than Jesus.
   Scholars put the birth year of Paul between 2 to 6 years after the birth of Christ. Paul gets the award for writing the biggest chunk of the Bible in the shortest period of time. He wrote more than half of the New Testament over a period of 17 years—and about half of that was written over a period of three years, from 61 to 63 A.D. During this time, he wrote Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, Hebrews, 1 Timothy, and Titus. He wrote four of these letters in prison, which might explain why he was so prolific!
2. Peter: Peter’s life is, perhaps, the greatest redemption story ever recorded.
   Fishermen in his day were considered manly men with hot tempers and vulgar language. They were traditionally uneducated but would’ve had ample wits and survival skills acquired by working hard and braving the seas and fish markets. Fishermen were stereotypically men of action, very physical, and unafraid of others, which Peter demonstrates when he cuts off the soldier’s ear in the Garden of Gethsemane at Jesus’ arrest—a fleshly reaction of violence instead of love as he’d heard Jesus preach for three years.
   Yet this simple fisherman’s journey to an apostle of Christ is found throughout the New Testament. Peter’s life is, perhaps, the greatest redemption story ever recorded.
   Fishermen in his day were considered manly men with hot tempers and vulgar language. They were traditionally uneducated but would’ve had ample wits and survival skills acquired by working hard and braving the seas and fish markets. Fishermen were stereo-typically men of action, very physical, and unafraid of others, which Peter demonstrates when he cuts off the soldier’s ear in the Garden of Gethsemane at Jesus’ arrest—a fleshly reaction of violence instead of love as he’d heard Jesus preach for three years.
   Yet this simple fisherman’s journey to an apostle of Christ is found throughout the New Testament.
   Inconclusion, Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” –John Piper