Matthew 20:26-28
The Lord Jesus could have easy come to this earth and proven to all that He was the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, but no, He stayed humble. He could have come here and demanded to be served. Demanded to be waited on hand and foot, but did He do that? No. Jesus came to serve us. The Lord of all creation came to earth to serve His own creation. Jesus constantly poured Himself out for others. Never once did He complain "Well actually I don't want to do that today. You see I am your Lord and I am the Son of God." He never said that. How much more so should we, His creation, be willing to serve our creator? I would hope that all of our answers would be the same, we would give our lives to the cause. We would give our lives over to Him committing our lives to be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even those in Leadership position are called to be servants. Verse 26 tells us how even the great among us must be servants. In a perfect world this would work. In a perfect world all of our government would be willing to serve others and not themselves. I believe that's where a lot of the problems in our government lie today. The simple fact of people wanting to serve themselves and not others can ruin a system in a heartbeat. This doesn't even have to apply to something as big as the government. It can apply to something as small as a two person family. If a husband decides that he wants to serve himself and not his wife the enter marriage can fall to pieces. This verse should be a constant reality check for us. A reminder that even the Lord of Lords, the King is Kings came to be a servant, not to force us to bow down and worship Him.
The Lord Jesus could have easy come to this earth and proven to all that He was the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, but no, He stayed humble. He could have come here and demanded to be served. Demanded to be waited on hand and foot, but did He do that? No. Jesus came to serve us. The Lord of all creation came to earth to serve His own creation. Jesus constantly poured Himself out for others. Never once did He complain "Well actually I don't want to do that today. You see I am your Lord and I am the Son of God." He never said that. How much more so should we, His creation, be willing to serve our creator? I would hope that all of our answers would be the same, we would give our lives to the cause. We would give our lives over to Him committing our lives to be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even those in Leadership position are called to be servants. Verse 26 tells us how even the great among us must be servants. In a perfect world this would work. In a perfect world all of our government would be willing to serve others and not themselves. I believe that's where a lot of the problems in our government lie today. The simple fact of people wanting to serve themselves and not others can ruin a system in a heartbeat. This doesn't even have to apply to something as big as the government. It can apply to something as small as a two person family. If a husband decides that he wants to serve himself and not his wife the enter marriage can fall to pieces. This verse should be a constant reality check for us. A reminder that even the Lord of Lords, the King is Kings came to be a servant, not to force us to bow down and worship Him.
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