Thought 276
How
Christians Succeed
“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of
the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise
authority upon them. But
it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be
your minister (servant); And whosoever will be
chief among you, let him be your servant: Even
as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:25-28 KJV (parenthesis added)
Christians, too often we do not go about
achievement in the proper way. I remember back to my high school years where I
humbly served others and achieved tremendous success. People respected me, all
I did seemed to prosper; I was content, happy and joyful! The reason why all the
blessings happened was not because of my effort. I was humble, diligent, and
dependent upon the Lord for things to work out.
“For whosoever exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
Luke 14:11 KJV
Where are you? Are you humbly serving or
are you going after exalting yourself (pride)?
Jesus
said that to find your life, you must first lose it, spend it by serving
others.
Why don’t you close reading Matthew
20:1-16.
