Being A Servant

What is it that most of us miss? We accept Jesus' blood. He died for us because their is no other way for salvation. We seek his forgiveness. He becomes and we recognize him as our savior, but what about our Lord? Do we miss that? How many of us are willing to die to ourselves each day and do what he has for us instead? Is not that what it is when someone is Lord of your life? You do what they want you to do and not what you want to do. If we really, truely understood the Love our God and creator has for us, wouldn't we want his will over our own? Jesus was the perfect example for us, he was a servant. That simple. Anything he did was after waiting upon God for direction nothing was selfish. He gave his entire life to the will of the Father. Why should we do anything less. That is if he is our Savior, our Lord...

Here is an excerpt from the book "Road to Reality" author K.P. Yohannan:

The only way to walk as a true servant is to decide right at the beginning to accept being a nobody like Christ, making yourself of no reputation. You must decide it isn't going to matter to you what people think or say about your lifestyle. You're going to obey Christ whatever the cost, and so the matter is settled.
God may ask you to throw away your future, give up your education and career, abandon your business and inheritance, leave family and friends. He may ask you to drive an old car, wear out-of-fashion clothes from a swap shop, give up romance and plans for marriage, go to the foreign mission field, or move into an inner city slum. And of course, He may ask you to stay just where you are and live a life of sacrifice, service and witness amoung your own people. For many, staying home may be harder than going.
But whatever He asks you, you can be certain one of your biggest challenges will be dealing with the problems of rejection and acceptance from your peers...Today, God is calling out an army of Americans who will feel his heartbeat and accept the call to live a life of radical Christian servanthood. The temptation is to dialogue with the world, seeking understanding, acceptance and sympathy.