SERVANT HEART part 1
Part 1
Serving others is not easy, especially those who we don’t relate to or get along with. What does the Bible say about having a servant’s heart?
With a culture that is divided on almost everything, genuine love and service for others is a rare occurrence. Even Christians, who ought to be known for our love, are hesitant to serve. How do we fight these sinful thoughts and cultivate a servant’s heart?
Philippians 2:1-8 is a helpful place to turn when considering a servant’s heart and fighting thoughts that lead to inaction
It says, “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
We can split this passage into three parts. Each part tells us something about how to cultivate a servant’s heart.
The Condition
The Command
The Cause
Continue to pt 2
Serving others is not easy, especially those who we don’t relate to or get along with. What does the Bible say about having a servant’s heart?
With a culture that is divided on almost everything, genuine love and service for others is a rare occurrence. Even Christians, who ought to be known for our love, are hesitant to serve. How do we fight these sinful thoughts and cultivate a servant’s heart?
Philippians 2:1-8 is a helpful place to turn when considering a servant’s heart and fighting thoughts that lead to inaction
It says, “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
We can split this passage into three parts. Each part tells us something about how to cultivate a servant’s heart.
The Condition
The Command
The Cause
Continue to pt 2
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