Thursday, October 23, 2008

Serving the King

I read this in my quiet time yesterday:

Esther 6:6... "When Haman entered, the king asked him, 'What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?' Now Haman thought to himself, 'Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?'"

What a dangerous way to approach serving the King! Isn't that what we often do, though? We all are called to a ministry every day. What is ministry? Serving the King by serving others.

I hope that we can wake up each morning and not start our ministries by thinking of what we might gain. Serving the King is about so much more than that.

I found this quote regarding humility, especially in ministry: "Humility is the source of all true greatness: pride is ever impatient, ready to be offended. He who thinks nothing is due to him, never thinks himself ill-treated." -Fenelon