It's not what you get, but what you give.
Mother Teresa was an icon of servanthood. On one occasion she was brought face to face with a man who had a rare and horrendous case of terminal cancer. One of the workers had vomited from the stench and could no longer continue. Mother Teresa then stepped in and kindly took over. The patient was mystified. “How can you stand the smell?” asked the patient. Mother Teresa replied, “It’s nothing compared to the pain you must feel.”
Servanthood begins when we move beyond our own comfort to relief the discomfort of another. Too often, we are focused on what we can get out of our acts of service versus what we might deposit in the lives of others. The world measures success by what you gain, causing a never-ending pressure upon our desire to live a Christ-like life. Christ measures success by what you lose for the sake of another. Love will never became true love into you give it away. Life isn’t about what you get, but what you give. Give yourself away today, you just might enjoy it.
Pastor Marc, I was saved a couple months before my youth group went to summer camp with GC about 8 and half years ago. I remember you speaking a year or two later at the tent meeting summer camp, I took your evangelism class at PBC about 3 years ago, and I just wanted to say keep swinging man! It’s encouraging to see someone so engaged in evangelism that keeps going.
Dusty