16/10/2024
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. (Mark 10:45)
Christians are empowered to serve others in their identity in Christ. Unbelievers seek prestige because they don’t have the joy and peace of being a child of God in Christ, and they are attempting to fill that God-shaped hole with prestige. Christians forget their identity in Christ and return to the world’s standards and behaviors. Christians don’t need to seek prestige and authority, because in Christ they have something far better. We are children of almighty God, forgiven of our sins, righteous before a righteous Lord, and heirs of eternal bliss in heaven. Our riches are in Christ. We need not seek them here.
To serve others is to be Christlike. Jesus doesn’t just tell us to be a servant; He models it through His departure from heaven to come to a broken world, through His perfect life in place of our wicked lives, and through His bloody suffering and death on the cross. What is more, Jesus shows us the end. Resurrection and eternal life followed His servanthood. For His sake, so it will be for us.
