Who do you serve? Do you serve yourself, your family, your friends? Do you serve at all? Or do you expect to be served? What is your perception of servants? Do you view them as valuable people? Or do you view them as underlings, a lower class of people?
Our view of servants will depend largely on our view of Jesus. Our culture views servants as lower-class citizens. The first thing that will come to mind our waitresses and waiters. Yet, servants are far more than that. There are servants in our midst that we don’t recognize.
Allow me to list some servant jobs. Take time to think about them. Cashiers, stock persons, doctors, nurses, military, police, fire and rescue, paramedics, bus drivers, taxi drivers, pastors, lay people. There are far more than those listed. But have you thought of these people as servants? Even CEO’s and presidents can be servants. It is all about attitude.
I can remember working in IT and telling those who worked with me and for me that we provided a service. We were not in charge but performing a service for a client. That didn’t mean we did not attempt to educate our client on what was possible and what was not. Yet, we ultimately were required to provide what they asked for to the best of our ability.
We are to be servants of Jesus and others. We serve others as Jesus would serve them. Our primary mission from Jesus is to proclaim Him to others. Think that isn’t a service? What better service to others than to proclaim the only way to eternal life? Being a servant does not mean being a doormat. It means having the best in mind for others and serving them in a way that encourages them to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
I pray we all view ourselves as servants of Jesus. I pray we proclaim Jesus to others. I pray each one of us will have an attitude of servanthood, serving others in the name of Jesus Christ. Serve Jesus. Have a servant attitude. Serve others. Proclaim Jesus. Serve in Jesus’ name.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
Marty Pressey 