Purpose Driven Life - Day 34

Day 34 -- Thinking Like a Servant

 

To be a servant requires a mental shift, a change in your attitudes. Attitudes count more than achievements. King Amaziah lost God's favor because "he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not with a true heart." Real servants serve God with a mindset of five attitudes.

Servants think more about others than about themselves.
Servants think like stewards, not owners.
Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.
Servants base their identity in Christ.
And servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation.

Henri Nouwen said, "In order to be of service to others we have to die to them; that is, we have to give up measuring our meaning and value with the yardstick of others...thus we become free to be compassionate." When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.

Imagine what could happen if just 10 percent of all Christians in the world got serious about their role as real servants. Imagine all the good that could be done. Are you willing to be one of those people? It doesn't matter what your age is, God will use you if you will begin to act and think like a servant. Albert Schweitzer said, "The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve."