11月17日
谦卑服事
“耶稣坐下，叫十二个门徒来，说：「若有人愿意作首先的，他必作众人末后的，作众人的用人。」”
马可福音 9:35
谦卑是一种自己几乎不敢承认的个性特征，对吗？因为你一旦承认了，那你还算谦卑吗？在教训门徒要谦卑的时候，耶稣用了很巧妙的方法。祂知道人都喜欢被夸赞、做老大，这样实际上反而不值得夸赞了。
因此耶稣这样对门徒说：你们想要当老大，不是吧？那么，你首先把周围的人都当成老大那样来对待。
得到了耶稣的秘诀，门徒们一开始肯定很兴奋，因为在天国里他们将位高权重。他们却不知在不断服事别人、不断谦卑自己的过程中，他们的生命会发生改变。
这样持续不断的侍奉，让他们学会了谦卑，变得越来越有主耶稣的样式。
今日祷告：
耶稣，谢谢祢用巧妙的方法改变了我的生命。阿们。
November 17
First
He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
MARK 9 : 35
Humility is one of those personal characteristics that is nearly impossible to admit you have. Right? Once you admit it, do you still have it?
This is the intentionally tricky logic of Jesus. He is shrewd. He knows that we humans love to be recognized for being great, which really makes us not so great. So he ensnares his followers with a little teaser about humility. “So,” he said, “you’d like to be recognized for being great, eh?” (Yes, Jesus can speak Canadian English.) “Well, then just make sure you treat everyone else as if they are greater than you.”
The disciples, learning the secret formula to God’s great sauce, must have been excited at first. “Aha! Now we’ll be greatest in the kingdom of heaven!” Little did they know that by continuing to serve others, by continuing to make themselves “last,” the disciples would be transformed.
In the persistence of their good service, they would be changed more and more into the likeness of Jesus.
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, thanks for tricking me into being transformed by you. Amen.
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