"For whether is greater,
he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
is not he that sitteth at meat?
but I am among you as he that serveth."
Luke 22:27
Throughout the ages, God has referred to His faithful people as His servants. The Bible even calls Jesus His holy servant.
Christ ransomed us that we, too, might serve God and man. In our zeal to serve, we often overlook a critical truth: The servant does not choose his tasks!
Our concept of serving God may be doing what we would like to do for Him. We tell God what we will do for Him, and what we will not do. We tell Him where we will go for Him, and where we will not go. We even tell Him what must not interfere with our plans!
In doing this, we are forgetting He's the Master, and that the Master assigns the task set before us. Our part is to give ourselves to Him, accepting the assignment He bestows.
A servant isn't free to serve on their own terms. Jesus said, "You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you to go and bring forth fruit." So, we have been chosen to "run with patience the race that is set before us." Although the race set before us may not be on the track we would choose.
Perhaps we would not choose the people that God has placed around us, or the location or circumstances we find ourselves in, but a servant is not above their Master. "The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord." Matthew 10:24,25
Christ's life was one of sacrifice and that of doing the Father's will. Though He was rich, for our sakes He became poor. He counted equality with God a thing not to be grasped, but emptied Himself and became a servant.
He came to do God's will.
As servants following in the footsteps of Christ, we must present our bodies as "living sacrifices" and say, "Here I am! Use me to do Your will," regardless of what the task may be.
Christ came to serve and to give, and God desires the same from us. So when we think of our relationship to Christ, can it be said of us that we want only to serve Him?
May the good Lord help us become better servants.
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