Day 10: The Heart of Your Service

Focus Area - REACH OUT
Stretching Toward Others

Scriptures: Mark 10:45

Reflection: Humble service honors God.

Expanded Focus:  
A few of you may know, but for those who do not, I am the daughter of a bishop.  My dad has a little chant that he says at his church almost every Sunday.  He shouts, “ATTITUDE CHECK!”  and the congregation says back, “IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM!”  It helps remind us all of the true reason we serve: to give glory to God.  

It is so easy to get caught up in the hype of ministry. Being the go-to person for the pastor, helping lead praise and worship, or even being appointed the head or lead of a department can have us feeling ourselves a little bit. It can even reach the point where we start to feel others are supposed to serve us or praise us. But in Mark 10, it states, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,” so if Jesus came to serve, what makes us any different?  As Christians, we really have to check our heart posture in our service. We must get to the point where we are more focused on pleasing God than getting recognition.

When someone asks my title in the church, I often say, “I frolic for The Lord.” It’s my light-hearted way of saying I am wherever God needs me. Being available to help where He sees fit is what I am called to do. Once I realized it was about God and not about me, the way I served changed. It didn’t matter who received recognition or if others didn’t like seeing me serve. All that mattered was doing the work of the Lord and knowing that He was pleased. When you take “self” out of your service, you allow God to do great things.

Questions to Consider:

1. Has there been a time when you did not have the right heart while serving?  What could you do differently?
2. How have you used the gifts that God has given you to serve others in your community?
3. What is one way you would like to serve in the church and the community?