How may I serve you?

We always hear this at restaurants, but when is the last time you heard it at a church gathering, or something like it? Hopefully it wasn't that long ago, because that is what the Body of Christ should be, a "serving portal"!

In a world so focused on itself, which it has always has been,the church should stand out as a place where you can be served and should be serving. Just think, everyone coming to a place and everyone receiving something because everyone is serving in some capacity. After all, Jesus said "I didn't come to be served, but to be a servant", and in his day and age that was quite a statement. He was a rabbi, and most of his contemporaries had lost the focus of why they were rabbis (or teachers). They were supposed to be leading in the serving, but they turned inward and wanted to be served, and held their status over people's heads for selfish reasons.

That was totally backwards, they were supposed to be the example of ultimate service. Serving doesn't just mean waiting on someone at a dinner table, but it's a call of the heart for people. It is a deep desire to "be of service" to others. Hold the door open for someone, pick up a piece of trash, and yes serve others in the local church.

Keep in mind though, this doesn't come naturally, it comes forcefully! That is, you forcing yourself out of your comfort zone. At the same time, it becomes addictive because it satisfies like nothing else.