For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
A young pastor gave a sermon once about putting the focus on God and not ourselves. He passionately repeated several times during the sermon “It’s not about me, It’s not about me”…and even had the congregation repeat those same words several times. The message above in 2 Corinthians captures this well. As Christians, it is not about us…it is not about our needs, our wants, or our desires. Rather it is all about the needs, wants, and desires of our God. Our Lord put us on this earth to serve him (see Deuteronomy 13:4, Joshua 22:5, 1 Samuel 12:24, John 12:26). To serve him in our thoughts, our words, and our deeds. To serve him as individuals, as parents, as husbands and wives, as fathers and mothers, as brothers and sisters. To serve him at our jobs, in our cars, at the store, in our homes. To serve him in absolutely every facet of our lives. A servant puts the needs of his master above his own…everything the master wants supersedes what the servant wants…and everything that the master asks is carried out to completion by the servant. Our God outlines what he wants from us in his Word…the Bible is filled with hundreds of instructions and examples that we are called to apply in our lives…kind of like a user’s manual…it’s all right there. All we need to do is study it and then follow it. But that is not all…for since our God is a living God, he uses each of us daily to carry out his plan. He puts us in situations to help others in need…he leads us to opportunities to share the Gospel…and he guides us to occasions to grow closer to him. What a privilege we have to be the very instruments of the one true God! May each day be not about us, but be all about him. To God be the glory!
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