Mark 9:33-35 (The Message)
33 They came to Capernaum. When he was safe at home, he (Jesus) asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?" 34 The silence was deafening - they had been arguing with one another over who among them was greatest. 35 He sat down and summoned the Twelve. "So you want first place? Then take the last place. Be the servant of all."
We all have a desire hidden within us to be a celebrity. We would like to do our thing in a big way. Yet it is as a servant that we have been called, to do our thing in a small way, often unnoticed but by God, and maybe those who are on the receiving end of our serving.
We are called to be servants and to get lost in doing good, without keeping score. It isn’t easy. It doesn’t come naturally. It is almost contrary to our basic nature - self-preservation, taking care of #1.
Yet it is what Jesus reminds us we are to be.
To be a servant is to place oneself last and not worry about what I am going to get out of it.
It is to be like Jesus who “did not count equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.” Phil. 2:6,7
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord, help me be a servant of your love and get lost in doing good.” Amen
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