“Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Matt 20:26-27; KJV). To the non-Christian this makes their head go tilt. Someone once said to me that if you want to know what to do look at what the world does and then do the opposite. Jesus said greatness in the Kingdom of God is marked by servant hood or by having the attitude of a slave.

This is all about putting others ahead of yourself; dying to self and laying your life before the Lord (Matt 10:39). Jesus said he came to serve not to be served (Matt 20:28) and he exhorted us to lay down our lives for our friends (John 15:13). Paul was a servant of God and man (1 Cor 4:1-2) and Peter certainly encouraged the early church leaders to have a servant heart (1 Peter 5:2-4).

Servant hood is really the zenith and hallmark of humility. I love the words that John the Baptist said in regard to Jesus: “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). John knew his calling and was content to serve his God and fulfill his God given role of laying the ground work for Jesus; he had a servant heart!

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