Others – Do You Care – Really?
September 14th, 2009Someone has said that the church is the only (or at least one of the few) organizations that exists for the benefit of others. There is a great truth to that statement. When the church is doing its jobs, others benefit.
When we get the right perspective on discipleship, we become like Jesus – our rabbi, teacher, and leader. He came to benefit others (see Matthew 20:28). This is our ultimate goal, too. We give up ourselves for others.
Hear Jesus:
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it (Matthew 10:39).
For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me (Matthew 25:35,36).
Paul, the apostle, learned this lesson, too. He once pursued the power position in the Jewish Sanhedrin and the prestige of the Pharisees. When he encountered Jesus, his life changed. Read his words in Philippians 2:3-4.
This is not an easy thing to do. Ego often interferes. One man complained, “I want to be considered as a servant, just don’t treat me as one.”
Keep The Light Burning!
Perry Greene
