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.




3-11-2019