“The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister.”
Matthew 20:28
“…This is Paul’s idea
of service—‘I will spend myself to the last ebb for you; yu may give me praise
or give me blame, it will make no difference.’ So long as there is a human
being who does not know Jesus Christ, I am his debtor to serve him until he
does. The mainspring of Paul’s service is not love for men, but love for Jesus
Christ. If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall be crushed and
broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we
would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder
us from serving our fellow man.
Paul’s
realization of how Jesus Christ had dealt with Him is the secret of his determination
to serve others. ‘I was before a perjuror, a blasphemer, an injurous person’—no
matter how men may treat me they will never treat me with the spite and hatred
with which I treated Jesus Christ. When we realize that Jesus Christ has served
us to the end of our meanness, our selfishness, and sin, nothing that we meet
with from others can exhaust our determination to serve men for His sake.”
Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest, 1963
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