Ownership (Part 2)

Thomas A Kempis has pointed out that the Christian should, "Come to serve, not to rule." So often, people will come to a church to find a position and not to help support positions. Jesus said, "but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant." (Matthew 20:26) If you want to be great in the kingdom of God then you have to be a servant. This concept, in the world today, is something that is sometimes mostly unheard of. The world will tell you, "if you want to be great, then you need to put your needs before other people." The Bible says if you want to be great, then you need to put the needs of others before yours. A servant is one who expresses submission or debt to another. It speaks of ownership, specifically that we are owned by the Master, and we are here to serve Him. When we serve others we are actually serving Him. When Jesus came to the earth he came to serve, not to be served. Have you come to serve?