CALLED TO SERVE

WITNESS




7-17-13




CALLED TO SERVE




Are you
Living a life of service


If you are
You are in good company
After all-that is what Jesus did


“No one has greater love than this
To lay down one’s life
For one’s friends” John 15:13


As Christians
We are to put our lives
On the line-every day


IN LOVE


For our family
For our friends
And anyone/everyone we can help
During the course of the day


IF we can


The Lord said,


“It is no small thing
For you to be my servant
To restore the tribes of Jacob
And to bring back those of Israel
I have kept


I will also
Make you a light
For the Gentiles
That you may bring my salvation
To the ends of the earth” Isaiah 49:6


And Jesus himself said,


“Not so with you
Instead-whoever wants to be great
Among you
Must be your servant


And whoever wants to be first
Must be slave to all


For even the Son of Man
Did not come to be served
But to serve
And to give his life
As a ransom for many” Mark 10:43-45


There it is
SUDDENLY—BEING GREAT
Doesn’t sound too appealing


At least to me
How about you


Being great involves choices
Choices that CHANGE our lives
And the lives of our family
Our friends, and even strangers


And sometimes these choices
In serving
Are uncomfortable-unpleasant-
And even inconvenient and annoying


Dear Lord-we pray
That we-as you did
Make choices that benefit others
Even if sometimes-it works against
Our OWN selfish interests


Dear Lord-HELP US-like you
To be willing to pay the price


Robert P. Wallman
5-16-12




Ps WITNESS 7-17-13


“You-my brothers-were called to be free
But do NOT use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature
Rather SERVE one another in LOVE


The ENTIRE law is summed up in a single command
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”


Galatians 5:13-14





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