Matthew 10:25 "It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master."
We don't know much about being servants nowadays. (Haha. I think that may be the first time I've ever actually typed the word "nowadays." I had to go to Merriam Webster nowadays to make sure it was one word and not hyphenated or whatever.)
Anyways, nowadays we don't have servants and we don't really understand the concept that a servant was totally subject to his master's authority. He had to be abedient. He had to humble himself before his master.
These are very un-American concepts. We are all created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. Why would I, as a red-blooded American, ever humble myself to another or be servant to someone.
Because... the Apostle Paul instructs us to have the same attitude that our Lord Jesus Christ had.
Philippians 2:5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6. who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7. but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
Jesus, Himself, instructed us to be like Him. That brings us to today's memory verse.
Matthew 10:25 "It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master."
There is much to be said about this and more verses that I could share, but let me encourage you to ask God to show you how you can be a servant to others today (and this week, and forever).
I'll be praying that you all become more like our great teacher and master.
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