John 12:26 states; Whoever serves me must follow me and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honour the one who serves me.
To become involved in Gods' work you must be a servant, many scripture passages describe Jesus as God's Servant. He came as a servant to accomplish God's will in the redemption of humanity.
Paul described Jesus servant attitude and commended it to us in this way: (Php 2:5) Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. (Php 2:6) who, being in very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be grasped.
(Php 2:7)But made himself nothing,taking the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness. (Php 2:8)Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and
became obedient to death - even death on a cross!
We are to develop the servant attitude of Christ which calls for humility and obedience.
- In His instructions to His disciples about servanthood, Jesus
(Son of Man) described His own role of service:
(Mat 20:27)Whoever wants to be first must be your slave -
(Mat 20:28) just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Jesus also told us about our relationship to Him, "As the Father has sent Me, I also send you" (John 20:21)
- When you respond to God's call to salvation, you join Him in His
mission of world redemption.
- The call to salvation is a call to be on mission with Him.
In this new relationship you move into a servant role with God as your Lord and Master.
