I'm not going to lie, I have fully mastered the egotistical, prideful, self-satisfying art of serving to make my good deeds known to other people. But when it comes to the simple, menial tasks involved in loving people I fail miserably.
Again God? You really want me to do this? I try complaining, even a laughable attempt at logic. Why me? Why do I have to do this? I already have gone far beyond my duty as a Christian. In fact, if I do what you ask, I'm reinforcing the idea that actions don't have consequences. And you know how people my age aren't very good at being responsible. You want me to help them be even more irresponsible?
Sometimes I think that God, who does whatever he pleases, sits in heaven just laughing at our antics.
"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45
Coming before the King of Glory, in receiving his grace, all rights are stripped away. What claim can I hold to but Jesus' blood?
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:5-11
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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