Sunday, November 12, 2023

THE GRACE IN SERVANTHOOD

 

THE GRACE OF SERVANTHOOD

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 Servant-hood. 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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