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SERVANTHOOD EQUALS JOY
Philippians 2:7 tells us how Jesus “made himself of no reputation and took upon himself the form of a servant.” I was arrested by the fact that no one made Jesus a servant. He took upon Himself the position of a servant!Why did He do this? “For the joy that was set before Him he endured the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2).
Although Jesus endued such agony as took upon Himself the sin and sickness of the world, He saw ahead to His glorious purpose of getting a bride who would dwell with Him in Heaven eternally. He saw the joy ahead.
Sometimes we despise the role of a servant, don’t we? I can remember back to my early days of motherhood with all my children around me and everything I had to accomplish and sometimes saying in frustration, “I’m just a jolly servant around this place.!” Oh, what disgusting words! I didn’t understand the glory and blessing of being a servant.
When we willingly take up the servant role, because we know this will bring great blessing to our husbands and family, we can do it with joy. When we don’t want to serve, or do the lowly monotonous tasks each day, and have a bad attitude about them, we usually bring gloom and chaos to our household.
But when we willingly serve to bless everyone in our homes and make things run smoothly, we bring joy to everyone in the home and joy to ourselves.
Servanthood equals joy! Isn’t that cool?
Love from Nancy Campbell
Picture: Roger Wilkerson, The Suburban Legend!
