Serving Others Like Christ

Paul knew that he would win more friends by being a servant. Acts 27 and 28 tells how Paul was under arrest; traveling under Roman guard when the veteran missionary was shipwrecked on the island of Malta. It was a very cold day and “Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks....” He wasn’t going to wait for the others to do it. Servanthood then, is an attitude. It is also the mark of a leader. Think of Jesus Christ in Philippians 2:6, 7 “...so, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.” Why should we serve? For Jesus’ sake. Pick up a bundle of sticks...for Jesus’ sake. Look on the things of others...for Jesus’ sake. Be liberal with your time and ideas...for Jesus’ sake. Serve one another...for Jesus’ sake. (Lorne Sanny, Daily Walk, April 1982)