Servant of All

How well do you care for others? How do you show them you care for them? Do you care for everyone or only a select few? Are you willing to serve them or are you too proud to serve? Are you constantly striving to win, to be first, or are you willing to allow others to win?

We like to win, don’t we? I like to win. My competitive nature causes me to continually be doing something. I have a running list of tasks to do as long as my arm. I’ve even said I can’t see the bottom of my list. Completing one of those tasks feels like a small win.

But completing tasks is not always the same as serving. It may be serving others in some cases and serving ourselves in others. Sometimes those tasks we put on our list that we think are serving others are not what they want nor what they need. If we want to serve others, we need to listen to them to hear their needs.

Jesus says we must be a servant of all, if we want to be first. That sounds completely upside down to us. But that is what Jesus did, He turned the ways of the world on its head. Yet, serving is hard for us to do. Our culture has ingrained in us that we must put ourselves ahead of others. We must take care of our wants before we help others with their needs.

Caring for others and serving them is not all about money or things. It also includes time and listening. There are many times all the person needs is someone who will listen. There are times when they just need a helping hand with something they are working on. Spending time with people and showing them you care for them is far more important than buying things for them. We must take time to reevaluate how we care for others.

I pray we all decide to serve others. I pray we reevaluate what it means to serve others. I pray each one of us will take Jesus’ words to heart and seek to serve as He served. Decide to follow Jesus’ example. Reevaluate how you serve others. Spend time listening. Be a servant of all.

Mark 9:35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”