We Must Become Servants!

Servant: one who serves others

Ministry: a person or thing through which something is accomplished

We all have a ministry we have been placed here to do / complete / achieve. In case you haven't yet heard, our ministries won't likely to be all about glamour and glory. If the only thing we are looking for is someone telling us how wonderful we are or people commenting on the fabulous things we've done to help others - well then our ministry is already in trouble! A real servant doesn't try to use God for their own purposes; instead they allow God to use them for His purpose. When we are a blessing to others, we don't have to sound a trumpet - God sees all and God knows all. Self gratification is not being a real servant. It's so easy to stay behind our closed doors or live in our own little world but -- when God called us to be His servants; He called us to serve others -- so we must respond to the needs of others as opportunities arise.

At some point in time many of us have said, "I want to be more like Jesus, I want to be a follower of Christ." Well, my friends, being followers of Jesus Christ involves being a servant and what does a servant do? They serve. They are worshipers of God. They are messengers of God. When Jesus was on earth, He didn’t come in His royalty - He came as a servant. So - if we want to be like Jesus, we will have to come as a servant. We should visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction as the bible tells us in James 1:27. Sometimes (dare I say, more often than not), we should go out of our way to be kind to others - give someone a ride on a rainy day; help out at a shelter; help feed strangers. We can't just talk love, we must show love.

Paul said to forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand. Being a servant also involves going to visit and pray for the sick; staying up late laboring in the word; asking the Lord every morning, "show me Lord who can I be a blessing to today." In order to do these things, we must change our attitude by having a sincere mindset to serve. Things can't be about what a person can do for us, but rather what we can do for someone else.

Let's remember to stay humble and respond to the needs of others as often as we can and to stay faithful, because serving God pays off in the biggest dividends you could ever imagine!

With all that said, let the Church say Amen and... AMEN!