How is grace a servant
to you and me?
Yes, in Matthew 20:26-28 the translation in the New International
Version (NIV)
26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever
wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and
whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.” Matthew 20:26-28
New King James Version
(NKJV)
26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but
whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 And
whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— 28 just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life
a ransom for many.”
When the
disciples asked who among them is the greatest? Every one of them wanted to be great
and aspires to be one. The 12 disciples were in contention as to who is the
greatest among them, what did Jesus tell them? The greatest of you shall be
your servant. (Matt 20:26)
He who was
the greatest became our servant, for the Son of man did not come to be served
but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Jesus said
to them, the greatest of all shall become your servant! Who is the greatest of
all? It’s Jesus Himself. He is the one
by whom all things were created. He was the Word who was from the beginning now
became in the flesh. He came to his own and his own could not recognize him but
rejected him, nevertheless he is the greatest of all and he became the servant
of all.
Jesus came to
show us the Grace of Servanthood Grace came and served us that we do not
deserve it. This is how grace becomes our servant. By cleansing us and washing
us. Jesus was so full of grace and truth. He knew he had the possession of the
fullness of heaven and yet he girded up his towel and washed the disciple’s
feet. Just imagine a Servant of all
servants came from heaven to serve us and gave His life for us. Just imagine what a privilege of grace we
received from God above. This grace is
so gracious and great that it humbles himself and serves the lowly nature of
humanity.
Let me share
with you this,GRACE WILL HUMBLE YOU AS YOU SERVE OTHERS IN LOVE!
When you
are dealing with difficult people it provides fresh opportunities to display
humility. When
John Calvin was asked to define the Christian life he said three times that the
Christian life was humility, humility, humility.
The
Bible teaches that God exalts the humble.
Proverbs
3:34, “Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives
favor.”
James 4:6,
“But he gives more grace. Therefore
it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6, “Humble
yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time
he may exalt you,” When you love someone who annoys you, you are lowering your
own estimation of yourself and exalting a brother or sister in the Lord.
The Grace of
God serves you by cleansing you from all your sins. The Grace of God loves you
by blessing you daily. The greatest of
all has become the servant of all. All are invited to come to the PERSON of
grace to buy wine and milk without a price. Grace is your servant. Grace is
Jesus personified. If you have seen him, you have seen God, the Father.
Such was the
persuasion of Apostle Paul’s heart that wherever he went to share the good
great gracious grace of God he proclaimed the grace of servant hood that is from
God towards men. The gospel of Grace serves you with the life of God. His gracious life is now your life!
Grace as a servant; a true servant
hood, the greatest of all shall become the servant of all!
May the Lord bless you all graciously
so that you will be able to humble yourself to let this Grace serve you greatly
and abundantly!
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