August 26th

August 26th -- Mark 10:35-52

Go read the passage, please!

So, today was actually my first day in a customer-service type job. I'm a cashier in a grocery store. Being in a customer-service business, my job is to serve customers in such a way that they choose my store where I work over other competing stores in the area. Where customers buy depends on what sort of service they receive. The better they are served the more likely they are to return. Really, it's sort of like how we are meant to be servants and have a servant's heart. In customer-service business, your whole focus is your customer - how you can please them and not yourself. This is the embodiment of a servant's heart and what it should look like. However, we are not just called to live it out in a work field where it applies to the field we are in, but to live it out 24/7. Jesus was the ultimate servant on this earth, but is next to God as ultimate ruler in heaven. Our position of eternity is not gauged by our position here. How we live will determine that. Having a servant's heart is hard, and also easily mixed up with becoming a doormat and letting people walk all over you. Just remember to act how Jesus did, and you will be fine. In situations you don't know how to handle - especially where you risk becoming a doormat - pray for guidance, and trust God will lead you where He means you to go if you are truly letting Him lead.

God bless! Shalom!