Serving Christ
Matthew 25: 34 – 40 says; “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answered him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
Stop for a moment and consider the purpose of your life. Are you living to pursue your own interests or success? Does your energy revolve arOund your family members? Perhaps your ambition is to change the world for the better.
All of these aims – even the last one, which sounds so selfless – are futile. The only goal of lasting value and fulfillment is serving Christ. As His followers, we should model our life after His.
And Mark 10: 45 tells us that “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
In other words the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve. We honor Him by doing likewise.
Yet sometimes we can feel overwhelmed when we consider the amazing ways that other believers are serving the Lord. With God on His side, King David led great armies into war. Today, there are evangelists who speak to tens of thousands, and many lives are saved. How could anything we do.