June 6, 2012

Luke 22:27  For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves?  Is it not the one who is at the table?  But I am among you as one who serves.

Blackaby writes, "The world will estimate your importance by the number of people serving  you.  God is more concerned with the number of people you are serving."

Ridgecrest recently sent members out into the community as part of a service project day.  Houses were painted, yards mowed, trees trimmed, etc.  These types of projects are worthwhile, but there is a danger also.  For some it can be an excuse to dodge one's personal responsibility to serve others the other 364 days of the year.

Is there a neighbor who needs a ride to the store each week?  What about that s.s. member who wants to visit incessantly after church when you "need" to get home?  (Listening- a form of service we may often overlook.)  The coworker who sits alone at lunch because he is not quite a cool as some of the others.  Does he get a lunch buddy, or is he destined to eat alone?  

Service comes in all shapes and sizes.  But regardless of how that service manifests itself, in God's eyes, the server is as worthy as the servee.  What small, unrecognized acts of service can you perform this week?  How can your hands, feet and ears make life a little better for a neighbor, family member, coworker or completer stranger?   If you will ask earnestly, God will provide and equip you for those acts of service.