Serve

 Matthew 20:28 ESV

even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”


We're naturally selfish. Naturally we want to be served. By default we don't want to serve.

Jesus is supernatural. He didn't come as some dictator to lord it over us. He came as a humble servant to serve us.

We assume that the served are greater than the servers. Yet it doesn't require any greatness to receive a cup of tea for example. It requires more greatness to serve a good cup of tea than to drink it!

We are to follow in Jesus's footsteps. We can rejoice in his service of us in salvation. Yet we too are to serve others by telling them of his great salvation.

'Dear Father God, thank you for sending your Son to serve us. Please help us to serve one another. For your glory, amen'. 

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