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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