Servanthood

John 4: 34

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”

When I hear people of the faith talk about following Jesus, many of them have set their own conditions on doing so.

Just so we understand one another, Jesus sets the conditions, not us.

Servant-hood is ultimately the outcome of one who, having first surrendered himself to God, is able to give himself sacrificially for God and others.

Jesus came to do the will of the One who sent Him in the first place.

Christ’s single-minded devotion or commitment to the will of the Father, was the result of the surrender of His life.

Somehow, some in the church seem to have gotten that mixed up over the years.

The qualities of Jesus are always complete surrender and sacrifice.

This isn’t a part time quality, it’s an everyday, every moment quality.

And yet some folks seem to have gotten that mixed up.

To surrender means to totally relinquish possessions or control.

Have you figured that out as of yet?

What’s it going to take for you to get a good grasp on that concept?

A friend in ministry once told me... “If we make this life about God...it works...if we make it about us, then it doesn’t work...”

Are you willing to deny yourself or pay the price so that you are free to follow the Lord?

If not, it may keep you from becoming the person God has saved you and called you to be...