29th I.B.S.

Luke 17:8

- "But will he not rather say to him, 'prepare something for my supper and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and aftwerward you will eat and drink'?"

Jesus, others, then you. I feel like thats the only thing I need to write on this verse. The fact that it's the way of man to put themselves over others is one of the greatest issues we face. We find it so easy to put Jesus first, honestly I think thats just because He's not physically present. However, even in putting Him first, we don't completely understand that we can't simply love Him and not love everyone else as well. We are to place Jesus before anything or anyone else so that we can truely love other people. His love is the standard that we need to be using in the way that we treat eachother. In todays day and age, we don't really have masters and servants, but as a Christian I am to assume the role of a servant just as Christ did. When you think about it, for the Christian, there should be a never ending cyle of servants because everyone should be serving each other in some way. While I know it was just for a team building exercise, I thought it was really cool recieving our food at dinner but then waited for everyone to be seated before we began eating. It was nice because I know that everytime we eat, the same couple of people will help distribute the food and because of that they are like the last people to eat and they end up eating by themselves. When we waited for everyone to get a plate and sit down, we were able to fellowship with those who usually eat after us or who finish before we make it through the line.

This week I will help serve meals.