But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (Matthew 20:26-27)(KJV)
Kingdom principles that Jesus taught are not what the world teach us! Jesus said do unto others as you would expect them to do to you! If we want to be great in His sight, we need to “kill” the “I” in us and be willing to serve and minister to others. When we serve others we need to be available not whenever it is convenient but according to whom we serve we need to be available!! That means, we may have messy schedules, sleep deprived nights, longer days, less family time, lesser privacy, lesser vacations, or all our vacations may be oriented towards serving God!!
We have to kill all our desires and pleasures to serve and minister. During this process it transforms us to be Christ like. He condescended for our sakes, he paid the price on the cross even for every single sin of OURS…!!! He paid price for what HE did not do…would we?? When people talk behind our backs, when people misrepresent us and misquotes us, when people break our trust and tell others of what we privately spoke to them, how do we react?? What are our thoughts when others speak evil and incorrect things? do we despise, rebuke, remain in anger, or is it making us depressive?? We need to examine ourselves where we stand in comparison to Christ’s unconditional love, forgiveness and kindness….We know "a kernel of wheat will not bear fruit until it falls on the ground and dies completely…”. To bear good fruits for His Kingdom we have to kill our ego, selfishness and remind forego the things we hold close, God can use our weaknesses only if we rely on His strength more than our strengths!!
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