SERVANT

OK, I'm back.  (See yesterday's blog post.)  

Jesus said He had come into the world not to be served, but to serve.  CHECK.
That means we're supposed to be servants as well.  CHECK.

That seems fairly clear and simple, just the way I prefer it.  On second glance, there is more.

Jesus Himself was a servant of God, the Father.  He said He had come into the world only to do His Father's will.  That was, thankfully, our salvation.

'I can't imagine God having need of servants.'

We, in turn, are now servants of Christ - and in another very real sense, servants of other people.  "Through love, become slaves to one another," Paul said.

I don't fully understand it all, because I can't imagine God having need of servants.

Puritan John Milton wrote: 'God doth not need man's work.  Thousands at His bidding speed."  Whatever God wants done, He only need speak it into existence.  So what does He need of us?

Of course, the answer would be, He doesn't.  We're not His servants in the sense that He can't get it done without us, but in that - out of obedience, devotion and love - we follow Christ.

And be blessed.