“Not
so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave just as the Son of
Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom
for many.”
Every story has a back story. If you know me, then
you know that throughout high school I showed Black Angus Cattle. With any
competition, especially one involving teenage girls, you develop enemies. Yes,
I realize that that does not sound like very Christian thing to say, but I have
never seen eye to eye with anyone who feels rules do not apply to them. Needless to say there was this one girl B. in particular that was not friend.
With this being said, I found myself at a beautiful wedding
this summer. My family and I enjoyed the ceremony, and made our way to the
reception where my mother volunteered Lacey and I to serve in the buffet line.
Well low and behold I looked down the line and see B. and her family waiting
their turn to get food. All the while I am trying to tell myself that it
doesn’t matter if I look like the hired help or that her dress is cuter than
mine, what matters is out of all the people in the world I have to serve her!
Then it hit me God calls us to serve the hungry, the poor and needy, the rich,
our neighbors and yes, even our enemies. It was a humbling experience to say
the least. I love when God speaks to me
in the simplest ways. Even when I do not exactly like what he has to say, it
Galatians 5: 13
"You,
my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to
indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."
Ephesians 6:7
"Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people"
