In Matthew 20:28, Jesus says about Himself, “the Son of Man came to serve, not to be served.” With that in mind, today we ask that you would pray that all those who claim to follow Jesus Christ would be true servants. Jesus came to this world and showed us how to live the life of a servant. He cared for others before He cared for Himself. Wherever we find Jesus, we find Him to be serving others. This attitude of service often flies in the face of what our society preaches. We live in a world that says, “watch out for number one.” We see professional athletes holding out of training camps in order to get as much out of their new contract as possible.
Being a servant means we put someone else's needs before our own. I am reminded that some of the greatest moments captured in sports is when a runner stops to help a fellow runner, a competitor, who has stumbled just short of the finish line. They stop, support their weight and help them cross the line. Those moments inspire us all.
A servant is all of those first responders that ran into the collapsing World Trade towers while everyone else was running out; those that put the needs of their fallen brothers before their own. True servants change the world and they change how we view the world. Even though we may not understand what motivates them, they inspire us.
Those people that live out the words of Matthew 25, caring for the hungry, the sick, the imprisoned, the naked and the strangers that are in their own communities and neighborhood; those people are true servants. Those people that give up a week of their vacation to come to México or Guatemala and build a home for a family that they have never met; those people are true servants.
Do you want to help change the world? Do you want to look in the mirror and begin to see a reflection that looks a little more like Jesus Christ? Do you want to help change someone else's eternity? Be a servant! I dare you!
Today, join us and pray that God would rise up new servants all across this world; servants that will think of others needs before their own safety. Pray for more people — more servants — that will help change the world!
-David
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