More often than not, we enjoy going to a restaurant and having the waiter or waitress serve us. We sit back and enjoy the feeling that someone else is going to serve us for a change. We serve others where we work, when we are in the home, and for some while they are going through the rigors of school. We are required to give to others, so it is just natural for us to enjoy others serving us for a change.
Dawson Trotman is the founder of the Navigators, who challenges servicemen and women to share their Christian faith with unbelievers and helps service Christians grow to maturity in their Christian faith. It is a well-respected organization by every evangelical leader. Dawson Trotman once said to LeRoy Eims, “Don’t be so busy in the kingdom that you don’t have time for the King.” These are well-spoken words. Often times Christians are so busy doing the work of the Lord that they neglect the most important issue in Christianity of being the type of Christian they need to be. In order to be the right kind of Christian requires time alone with their Master.
Jesus explains exactly how we are to be the type of Christian He wants us to be in John 12:26, “If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.” We serve Christ by following Him or being obedient to His Word.
Yes, it is more blessed to serve Christ than be served!
