“TO SERVE!”

 

Mark 10:45                 (ESV)

“[45] For even the SON of MAN came not to be served but “TO SERVE”, and to give HIS LIFE as a ransom for many.””

Sharing a video recently from Dr. David Gibbs, Jr. about his dad SHOWING him about serving is something that brings back memories to this servant of THE MOST HIGH GOD!  1 Corinthians 3:16 days very plainly “Do you not know that YOU ARE GOD’s temple and that GOD’s SPIRIT dwells in you?”   

When we SURRENDER OUR LIVES to JESUS, we give up CONTROL of “calling the shots” as far as the decisions about what we do and where we go.  

Probably when I was around ten years old, I remember riding with my grandfather to his fathers house (my great grandfather) outside of Idabel, OK to pick up a milk cow that needed to go to the “sale barn”.  My grandfather was given a check by his dad for his gas and the “trouble” he went through helping his dad sell his final cow before “great grandpa” died a few years later.  He tore that check up on the way back to where we lived, WITHOUT COMMENT!!  

That act of kindness and generosity shown to my great grandfather by my grandfather came to mind as I saw the video recently.  The Privilege to Serve video exquisitely said what my grandpa WOULD NOT say back then!  It was an honor and privilege “TO SERVE” the one that gave him life, while SERVING THE ONE WHO GIVES ETERNAL LIFE!!!