Service to man & Service to God -Are they same or entirely different?

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JGD,

 

Apologies if this topic has already been addressed earlier. I had few

queries a while ago and I thought I found reasonable answers to those.

But since I keep thinking about those very same questions now and

then, I probably didn't answer them well enough the first time. So, I

hope one of you can help me resolve these issues

 

In this economy how should one balance Service to mankind vs Service

to God? Are these 2 mutually exclusive or both interrelated? If both

are exclusive what takes priority?

 

Let me take a step back.

 

Who is actually benefiting from me serving god?- Me..right? It feels

like my objective is to spiritually lift myself and develop a deeper

understanding of life. Then because in a way I am doing this for

myself-aren't my actions then selfish? Although this deeper

understanding of life will probably make me more compassionate and

less greedy and help those in need.

 

Then does it mean serving the mankind for lack of a better word is

" selfless " or " preferred " ?

 

But then lets say I devote all my time and energy assisting the food

bank--> which in turn helps feed poor people. This act probably helped

someone eat a meal for a day or two. But it didn't solve the root

cause.. So who or in what way did my actions exactly help?

 

Or I am looking at this in a totally wrong way? Should I even be

concerned with what the end result is?

 

SGD