Since Sunday is Easter, I thought I would do an Easter-related series. In this series, I will share my thoughts and feelings regarding the life/work of Christ.
Today's perspective will be on Christ's ministry. Instead of recounting well known scripture regarding His ministry, I will instead, relate what His ministry means to me personally.
Christ was the ultimate servant...and through His servanthood, divine power was manifested in ways unknown to man. Indeed, as we serve, when we serve, to empower our serve, the Holy Spririt manifests itself in us: thus we are equipped to face the challenges of life, equipped to serve and nourish the Body of Christ and to evangelize the lost. The amazing thing (something that is beyond comphrension)is that every single act of Christ was an act of unselfish serving. Of course Christ did things to perserve His life (eating, drinking, etc.) but even these acts were acts of obedience to the will of God (His death was appointed and thus He had to live until that time arrived). Are you getting this picture? A man (fully man and subject to the selfishness of man) who overcomes all selfishness from the beginning and continues to be unselfish IN ALL THINGS until His death (the ultimate act of unselfishness).
Today's perspective will be on Christ's ministry. Instead of recounting well known scripture regarding His ministry, I will instead, relate what His ministry means to me personally.
Christ was the ultimate servant...and through His servanthood, divine power was manifested in ways unknown to man. Indeed, as we serve, when we serve, to empower our serve, the Holy Spririt manifests itself in us: thus we are equipped to face the challenges of life, equipped to serve and nourish the Body of Christ and to evangelize the lost. The amazing thing (something that is beyond comphrension)is that every single act of Christ was an act of unselfish serving. Of course Christ did things to perserve His life (eating, drinking, etc.) but even these acts were acts of obedience to the will of God (His death was appointed and thus He had to live until that time arrived). Are you getting this picture? A man (fully man and subject to the selfishness of man) who overcomes all selfishness from the beginning and continues to be unselfish IN ALL THINGS until His death (the ultimate act of unselfishness).
To take this idea even further is to apply it to our lives! (I am writing this but I'm no where near as unselfish as I need to be). This idea of total and complete servanthood has challenged me and convicted me. It comes down to this...how close to unselfish can I become. How much of my selfishness can I divorce. I believe that the difference between Heaven and Hell is this: in Heaven we are free from self (free to glorify God). The feeling of doing good feeling good. In hell, we are forever stuck with our sin, our self. We cannot be free and thus we are disgusted with our own pitiful existence.
Another thing that this Easter season has revealed to me is this: the ultimate act of love is laying down our life for a friend. But this is easy in a circumstance where you act on the spur of a moment. (jumping in front of a bullet). Christ knew that he was going to die to save us, from birth and he had to live with that and instead of wallowing in self-pity (a response that I probably would especially as the time grew nearer)...He was unselfish!
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