Service
“By love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13).
Someone has said: “True greatness is not attained by giving orders, but by serving.”
We all love to give orders and to feel like we are in charge. In fact I have been accused of being a drill sergeant.
However, Scripture teaches that love delights to take the humble place and to serve. We have the perfect example of the Lord Jesus, who could say, “I am among you as He that serveth” (Luke 22:27).
If we love, we will serve. And this is the way of true greatness. The Lord said to His disciples: “Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Matthew 20:26-27).
Those who are greatest in the Kingdom of God are those that serve. Let’s learn to serve as the Lord Jesus did…in love, unselfishly, without seeking personal gain, and for the blessing and well-being of others. “For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister” (Mark 10:42).
