Humility & Servanthood
Jesus, though Lord of all, came not to be served but to serve and to give his life. He calls us to clothe ourselves in humility and to count others more significant than ourselves. These verses lead you down the lowly road that God exalts.
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”