CALLED TO BE SERVANTS OF GOD=AND SERVANTS OF OTHERS

CALLED TO BE SERVANTS OF GOD AND SERVANTS OF OTHERS Picture this: Jesus and his disciples Are walking along together As they often did And Jesus tells them He is going to be arrested And put to death “The SON of Man Is to be handed over to men- And they will kill him........” Mark 9:31 IMAGINE=if one of your friends Told you this- How you would respond- MAYBE with care and concern For him or her But his friends-his disciples Aren't ready to deal with that Just yet So they start arguing About which of them Is the greatest And Jesus-NOT to be put off Says: What are you arguing about On he road?” Mark 9:33 After Jesus hears It is about Who wants to be greatest- He says-the most amazing thing- To the 12 “ANYONE who wants To be first MUST be the very last And the SERVANT of all” Mark 9:35 In this me first= #1 at all costs=world That we live in WHO wants to be #1 now Who wants to be a servant-YET- A servant of all “Let your face SHINE on your servant SAVE ME In your unfailing love” Psalm 31:16 And HE CAN Ask us to be a servant Of all Because he did that very thing HIMSELF “In your relationships With one another Have the same mindset As Jesus …..... Rather he made himself nothing By taking the very nature Of a servant” 2 Philippians 5 & 7 If he can do it WHY can't we? Maybe we don't Want to be No.1 As badly as we think What makes this teaching SO DIFFICULT Is it applies today In the same way It applied to the Apostles Of yesteryear Maybe we too-in today's world Are wondering Which one of us is greater Maybe we CHRISTIANS Need to talk about HUMILITY In the same way ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS DOES Humility doesn't mean We are terrible people It simply means “I am BLESSED and gifted In some ways And flawed in others I CAN accept myself And I can ACCEPT YOU WITHOUT feeling superior or inferior” Or maybe IF you are like me And trying to be A TRUE CHRISTIAN In the model of Christ You can be A SERVANT OF GOD And a servant to ALL OTHERS Robert P. Wallman 9-19-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.