Servanthood

Well, today, i've this urge to write about servanthood today in my blog since morning when i woke up...well, you must be thinking there is something wrong with me, bt i do not think so...haha...

Well, this is the 6 quality of servanthood that Wei ming shared which is very good:

1. Real servant make themselves available to serve
2. Real servant pay attention to the need of the people around them
3. Real servant do their best with what they have
4. Real servant do every task with equal dedication
5. Real servant are faithful in their ministry
6. Real servant maintain a low profile

Well, these 6 quality are the quality of servanthood...and well, i'm going to share 3 more....which came into my mind yesterday...i do not know why too....i juz spoke in tongues before i sleep and well, while i was abt to sleep, it came to my mind....

1. You serve God because you want to serve Him and not because you want recognition from those around you.
2. You serve God because you purpose in your heart to do it and not because someone told you to do so
3. By serving, you are not only serving God's people, but also God Himself..as Jesus Himself came to serve too....

Well, these 3 things kept popping up in my mind....so i juz want to share this with all that is reading....well, in the past, when i learnt abt servanthood a few months after i've came to church, it's a mystery for me what servanthood is....most ppl came to me telling me to serve ppl rather than waiting for others to serve me...and well, when i finally realised what is servanthood and how important it is, i started praying to God asking God to make me to become a person who is willing to serve Him and His people...and well, i really want to thank God that God indeed answered my prayers, coz everytime i served, i do not serve with a grudging heart like how it used to be in the past....i really want to thank God for all the stuff that He had taught me abt servanthood, for it is really God's will for us to serve....well, ppl around me always say tat we must serve one another...yar...that is true....and i see these ppl serving.....showing servanthood....bt i was shocked when i saw wat happen when the leaders are not around.....they asked ppl to serve...bt they themselves juz sit down there and do nothing abt it!!! isn't that much of like serving juz for recognition from the leaders? well, i felt that God want us to serve with a true heart, and not serve for the recognition from the leaders.....i believe that God would rather us not serve than to serve for a purpose of gaining recognition from the ppl around us.....and well, like wat the bible says abt prayer, that we should lock up in our own rooms to pray alone, and not be like the pharisees...and well, it is the same abt being a servant of God....like wat weiming shared....quality no. 6, that a real servant maintain a low profile....so, if you are doing it for a purpose, wat is the point of serving when you serve with a poor attitude? the other day, i was quite upset by this....bt oh well, it is not up to me to judge whether they served for a purpose to gain recognition....bt juz want to inform them that well, serve God with wholeheartedly.....for God is good......

well, juz want to share with you wat si qin said to me yesterday...when i told her that i want to leave a ministry....yesterday she asked me for the reason...and i told her.....and well, ive also told her the truth that i actually dreaded going for ministry....and well, she is very inspired by me...because she said: "even though you disliked or dread going for duty, i still go.....and that is wat servanthood is all about"...and well, i was impressed by it!! well, not that i want to brag abt it, it is actually something tat i juz want to share....and i didn't know that every action that i do can actually impacted someone...praise the Lord for this....well, i juz want to thank God for answering my prayer...coz in the past, i used to pray to God to make me a real servant before God, and not men.....oo..praise the Lord...

*do not serve for ppl to see, to gain recognition from the crowd, from leaders, bt serve wholeheartedly, for the Lord delights in a real servant*

Jhn 12:26: If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

Mrk 10:45: For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Deut 11:13: And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul

JOs 22:5 : But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul."

JOs 24:14: Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth....

1 Sam 12:24: Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.