IBS- MATTHEW 20:26-28
“Yet it should not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

 This all comes back around to what you are called to do… we are called as Christ followers to serve others in the same loving manor as Christ does for us every day. We are not called to first seek to serve and then be then served by others no. We are called TO serve. When I first read this I was confused because I read it as we are to be served- yes if this was the only scripture I had ever read I would have walked out with that intention that if someone is trying to battle you then they should step down and serve you… but the funny thing is well more cool than anything else is we are already on that step down. When you are in the family of God no one is “greater than you” maybe wiser in their walk or have had more life with God than you but God cares about the heart. Your heart, and where it is at. Its says it right here in verse 28 “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” So, shall we. He died on the cross, He bore our sin and shame even before we were born, God knew we would be full of sin and needed to be saved. We shouldn’t be out looking to be served but to serve others through Him. When everything is about God nothing else matters or will get in the way of His glory. 

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