The ability to get outside of one’s own skin and serve another is not natural for anyone. But sitting back and doing nothing is not an option. We are called to love, to serve, to identify need, and to respond. That is not easy for anyone, but it is what the Holy Spirit helps us to do so that we can become more like Jesus.
–Rebecca Pippert
God commands us to have a servant attitude toward others… the same attitude of Jesus Christ:
Do nothing from selfishness…but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
This is not easy.
It is not natural.
It willingly puts us under others, when our flesh cries out to be on top.
But…
…It is the command of God.
Serving others in this way is an aspect of dying to self which we are commanded to do.
What will you do?
Fight to stay on top?
Follow the counsel of the world?
Or seek to please God?
It won’t be easy, it won’t be comfortable, it won’t be natural… But obeying God is the best choice we could ever make as it will help us to become more like Jesus.
