SERVING OTHERS

” DON’T BE SELFISH; DON’T TRY TO IMPRESS OTHERS. BE HUMBLE, THINKING OF OTHERS BETTER THAN YOURSELF.” PHILIPPEANS 2:3

Just how hard is it to humble yourself before others? There is nothing we do in the name of Jesus that comes easy. We live in a world of self-centeredness. In most cases we are brought up as children to better ourselves in life. Many times, this involves lying, cheating and using others to make ourselves look better. We step on each other in many different ways in order to get to the top. We want others to see us with riches and with power. For us to get to the top we sometimes hurt others. We are taught from a very early age to look out for ourselves because nobody else will. However, that is not what Jesus taught. That is not how Jesus lived. He taught that we should serve others. He displayed that characteristic as he walked this earth. He was always serving others. He was humbled and he died the worst possible death. Why? Why did he put himself through all of this pain and anguish? He did it because of you and me. He loves us so much that he was willing to come to the earth and submit to the worldly ways of those who thought they knew more. He submitted to those who wanted to be at the top, who wanted others to see them as important and knowledgeable. For us to follow Jesus we must be able and willing to submit. We must be able to think of others before ourselves. We must be able to serve others both physically and spiritually. We must be able to throw away our worldly ways and pick of the tools that Jesus has provided. We must throw away anger, envy, jealousy, lying cheating and selfish-ambition and pick up love, compassion for others, serving others and demonstrating the ways of Jesus. We can do this, but it takes a total commitment to our Lord and Savior. It takes a lot of prayer and a lot of patience. It takes a lot of re-training. Let us all take a step back and look at how we lead our lives getting rid of all unfaithfulness and re-tooling with the things of the Lord. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!