February 26 – Served Or Served

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” – Mark 10:45 (NASB)

It has always been that some served, some were served, but the ones served never really served others. It was not that long ago while not necessarily a career goal, a life in “service” might have been one’s only option.  Choosing one’s own way in life has not always been possible. The homes of the wealthy and even middle class with the means, had a servant or two. But Jesus Christ, the Son of Man who is our creator, our sovereign God, did not come to earth as a man to be served by others even though it would be appropriate. He came to do the serving. Throughout his 3 years of public ministry he taught his disciples and preached that service to others is our calling. As humans we find serving others very difficult and we prefer our own personal servants. By example, the ultimate service performed by Christ was to die and a cross carrying the sins of all the world in order to pay the penalty of our sins. By his service, he made us free from being servants to sin and death and we were made servants to Christ to proclaim His name.

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