Serving

Jesus - clearly defines for his disciples - 3 times that we know of - the place & primacy of service - servanthood within the KINGDOM of God - Commanding it - Mandating it amongst his disciples. Matthew 20 - James and John send their Mom to Jesus to ask for positional side seats to Jesus.; Luke 22 - during the Last Supper a fight breaks out over who’s the greatest or going to be and  John 13 - Jesus washes his disciples feet - and tells them - 15I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Serving is a discipline with little natural appeal, but these tiny cor­ners of life are the gen­uine­ly sig­nif­i­cant real­i­ties in the king­dom of God. There is no flash, no glitz, no grandiose any­thing.  Yet within the Kingdom of God the greatest honor and authority is reserved for the one with the heart of a servant.

Jesus' most telling statement of course is when he reveals his ultimate purpose with his disciples - "For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

Service, Servanthood or serving - AGAIN is not so much what you do - but how - and who’s being revealed through you in it.  In its purest form it will reveal the heart of Jesus through us - as we love and serve each other and those around us - HOWEVER that looks. 

Service is NOT about LOOKS - but about his grace, his love, his compassion, his patience being flowing through us to those around us - even without others knowing.   Of all the spir­i­tu­al dis­ci­plines, ser­vice is the most con­ducive to the growth of the humil­i­ty with­in us - its just usually painful - but does the job - when its rightly motivated and empowered through the Holy Spirit.