use your gifts to serve

before i share today...i just wanna share with you a small little verse from Philippians 2:5-8....here it goes....

think of yourselves the way Christ thought of HIMSELF. u know wat....HE had equal status with God but HE didn't think so much of HIMSELF that HE had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. not at all u know. when the time came, HE set aside the privilege of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human ! having become human, HE stayed human. it was an incredibly humbling process which i think that many of us can't do. He didn't claim special privileges. instead HE lived a selfless, obedient life and the died a selfless, obedient death, and the death was the worst of its kind, a crucifixion.

i hope by now you would know why i put my title as it is for today.......we live in a world that glorifies power, prestige, fame and money. but the words of Jesus teaches us that the most esteemed men and women are not the widely acclaimed leaders of the society; instead they are the humble servants of the society....confusing ? read on then...

u know....when we experience success, it's easy to puff our chest and proclaim "I did that!" but guess what? it's actually wrong to do so....whatever "it" is, God did it and HE deserves the credit more than we do. as christians, we have been refashioned and saved by Jesus, and that salvation came not becoz of our own good works but becoz of God's grace.

there's this guy called Dietrich Bonhoeffer that says "It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others." i kinda agree with what he says, what this guy is basically trying to say is that reality breeds humility.

are you willing to become a humble servant for Christ ? are you willing to pitch in and make the world a better place? or are you just determined to keep all your blessings to yourself. the answer to these questions will basically determine the quantity and quality of the service you render to God- and to HIS children (the rest of the world lah), i myself am trying very hard to do what i am saying....u know lah ....sometimes saying is so much easier than putting it into action, but i do hope that we will all be able to do this together coz i really think it is what God wants.

most of the time, we may feel the temptation to take more than we give. we may be tempted to withhold our generosity, or we may be tempted to build ourselves up in the eyes of our friends, family...etc etc. well.....guess what ? we got to resist these temptations, instead serve the people around us quietly and without fanfare(nice word ler) find a need and fill it....huuuuummmbly !!!lend a helping hand....anonymously. share a word of kindness....with quiet sincerity. as we go about our daily activities, remember that the Saviour of all humanity made HIMSELF a servant, and we as HIS follower, must do no less.....dun say that you dun have a gift....examples i just gave you right above requires no superman to do it.....so go and use your gifts and start serving the people around you.....good day and God Bless !!

Quote of the day:

"Christians are life flowers in a garden: they have upon them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken by the wind, they let fall at each others root, whereby they are jointly nourished." by John Bunyan