God Recognizes Service

Luke 22:24  

"And there was also a strife among 

them, which of them should be 

accounted the greatest."

    It is one of the most tragic things in the gospel story that the disciples could quarrel about, "precedence" in the very shadow of the cross. They wanted to know who among them should be accounted the greatest. How inconsistent is this with the verse before (V-23)? They wanted to know who would be the traitor, and now here, which should be the greatest. What a self-contradiction is the deceitful heart of man. 

   What the world needs is service. The odd thing is that the business world knows this. You will find by the roadside, over and over again, the sign, Service Station. They will crawl under your car and get themselves dirtier than any of us." The strange thing is that there is more argument about precedence, and more concern about peoples "places" in the church than anywhere else. The world needs and recognizes service.  It is only the man who will agree to serve more than anyone else who will really rise high. It frequently happens that the ordinary worker will go home at 5.30 p.m. to forget his or her job until next morning, while the light will be burning in the office of the chief executive long after that. 

   My Friends, We can found our life either on giving or on getting; but the plain fact is that if we found it on getting we shall miss both the friendship of man and the reward of God, for no one ever loved a man who was always out for himself. Jesus finished His warning by promising His disciples, that those who had stood by Him through thick and thin would in the end reign with Him. God will be in no man's debt. Those who have shared in the bearing of Christ's cross will some day share in the wearing of His crown.  

Amen!

Reading: Luke 22:24-30

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May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry