Meditations

Service to Others For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, Mark 10, 45. Jesus Christ came not to be served but to serve, and this is what everyone who has any authority over other people ought to be saying. This is what pure ministry is. Those whom we appear to command we should in reality be serving. We must suffer their imperfections, lift them up gently and patiently when they fall, and wait for them to follow along God's path. We must become all things to everyone, and think of ourselves as having been made for them. We need to humble ourselves in order to gently speak the most needed corrections. We must never give up in discouragement. Instead, we need to ask God to change their heart, something we cannot do ourselves. So examine yourself with respect to the people who have been given to you to care for, and for whom you bear responsibility in the sight of God.