So this is a short post. I won’t be wordy (or at least not “too wordy”). And I won’t even use my own words. Thus the title – Short & Unoriginal! Here is a quote today from Matt Chandler’s Book “Creature of the Word.”
“…because we have always lived in the chaos of sin, the kingdom of God feels backward and counterintuitive to us. In the kingdom, the hungry are full. The poor are rich. The mourning are blessed. And the powerful are servants.
He said to them, “You’re right in calling Me Lord and Teacher, because I am.”
Jesus was addressing Peter’s prevailing view that serving would cause Jesus to lose His stature as the Holy One. “I am beyond you. I am the Alpha and the Omega. I have always been, and I will always be. I can tell it to stop raining, and it will. I can tell it to start raining, and it will. I can tell dead people not to be dead, and they’ll listen. I can tell sick people they’re no longer sick, and any illness will leave them. And yet I do this to set an example for you—that in the kingdom of God… we do not use our power or influence selfishly. We do not use our position to keep from serving those under us. Rather, we use that power, position, and ability to actively lower ourselves and serve those under us and around us.”
Short & Unoriginal – but good stuff!
So go out today, intentionally plan on lowering yourself, and serve those around you.