"Call to Greatness"

Mark 10:42-45

42 And Jesus called them to him and said to them, You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

 

Its not all fun and games

   Its not all fun and games when you serve

   Sometimes you have hardships and pains and trails.

   But what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger.

   God isnt going to put you in a situation that he thinks you cant handle.

   The bible says I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.

 

To Be

   to be meaning that in order to be a leader you must:

o       step outside of your comfort bubble

o       not be afraid of what people will say about you

o       dont be ashamed of you faith

o       have an understanding that God is GREAT and God is in CONTROL

 

a leader, you must first serve.

   When serving you must be willing to do what the word says

   You must be willing to serve

   You must be willing to give up the things that hinder you and your relationship with God

   You must be willing to forget about what people will say about you

   And most importantly you must simply be WILLING

 

 

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as ransom for many.

  

In this passage Jesus reveals a lot, he foretells his death, explains his purpose for being sent to earth and he also shows a great example of my three points tonight.

 

Willingness

   according to dictionary.com Willingness is defined as a cheerful compliance

   it doesnt say that it is being forced to do something

   or doing something out of  reluctance. It says doing something with a cheerful compliance.

 

   Willingness in this example is a point or action that needs to be carried out in every bit of serving you do.

   You cant be willing and refuse to do something because you dont want to, because you see it as being uncool, as being lame. You have to have a want and desire to do these things.  And through that you will be a step closer to your Greatness.

           

 

Humbleness

   Humbleness according to Dictionary.com is the act of not being arrogant or prideful.

   Another main point mentioned in this passage is humbleness.

   It says Plain as day that Jesus Christ, Gods Son, His one and only, came here with a willingness and humbleness to serve.

   Not to be served but to serve. Not only to serve but then to give his life for you and me, so that one day we might be saved. 

   That right there is powerful. 

   Jesus could have very easily if he wanted to have asked God to take him back up to heaven, but he didnt he stayed and suffered for you and me.

 

   Humbleness is something that God desires from us. Take these few passages for example.

                       

§         James 4:6 - But he gives us more grace, that is why scripture says, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble

 

§         James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and love will lift you up.

 

§         Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient and bearing with one another in love.

 

§         1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under Gods mighty Hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

 

 

Servingness

   Servingness according to Dictionary.com is not there. Because I think I might have made the word up.

   But in my opinion Servingness is the act of serving and the act of serving with greatness.

   And with serving in greatness comes humbleness and willingness. 

   They all go together. They all work together, they all are stronger together.

   They are like fish and water.  They have to work together in order to gain its full potential.

   A fish out of water can survive for a little bit, just like serving without humbleness and willingness.

   It will work for a little bit but in order to gain the most from your servingness you must have them all together.

 

And I will conclude with this, if you serve with humbleness and willingness then you are going to be more likely to achieve your Call to Greatness.

 

 

"True Greatness comes through serving others and serving God"

Shine!

When I was sitting down to write this I ran through many verses and the verse that stuck out strongest in my head was Philippians 2:14-15 Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.

This is a command that is given to us as Christians that most of us tend to often times overlook, myself included.  Its not that we do it on purpose, it is just something that gets pushed to the side or hidden behind our daily lives.  Anything can hold you back from being living examples of Christ.  What holds you back?  What keeps you from being the living example of Christ?  What keeps you from lending a helping hand to the people who need your help the most?  There are many reasons for this; time, fear, pride, and this list goes on.  Everybody has a different reason for why they stumble, often times you get tripped up by things you don't even see.

There were three specific men mentioned in the Bible, you might have heard of them.  I'll give you a hint. They were wise.  In Matthew 2, it gives an account of these men visiting Christ after he was born.  Verses 1 and 2 say, After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."  

The Wise men followed the star to Christ, we don't always encounter Wise men.  Sometimes we don't even encounter men at all, we encounter children, women, teens, strangers, friends, family, anybody and everybody.  And when we encounter these people we have to shine as stars in universe, so that we can be that star that leads others to Christ and so that they can Worship him.  So this season Shine: wether it is helping out  someone that is in need or something as simple as sending someone a smile just to brighten there day.  Be the star that everyone can follow to Christ.

myselfincluded

myself included, this basically means that any post i make here applies to me as well as anybody who reads it.  i plan on talking about anything and everything on here, wether it be my own personal struggles i deal with or struggles that others i know are dealing with.  i want to try and offer any kind of insight possible, good or bad. wish me luck.