Humble Service....

Serving God and serving self cannot co-exist peacefully. Yes, they do co-exist, as long as we live in this tent of flesh (as Paul described), but it certainly isn’t peaceful. Our attitudes should be one of a servant. We don’t deserve any special recognition for doing our duty. And our duty is obeying God; doing what He tells us to do. We shouldn’t applaud ourselves when we do good, or expect cheers from those we fulfill obligations to. We are only contributing to the problem when we expect things in return for doing our job as Christians. Our reward comes later. Serving God is not the same as serving yourself. There’s a huge difference. The main one being our attitude. Particularly, Who/who our focus is on.

7 “When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’?8 No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’9 And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.10 In the same way, when you obey Me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’ ” Luke 17:7-10