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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