“Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant. If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you. But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty” (Matthew 23:11-12)

These aren’t popular words in society, yet they are the pillars to greatness, wholesome service and stewardship. Let’s consider Jesus, who spoke and did those words. Philippians 2:5-8 recounts: “Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of Himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that He had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, He set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, He stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, He lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death….” A servant considers others, and God looks on these things. “Though the Lord is on high, He attends to the lowly” (Psalm 138:5). Philippians 2:9 now says: “Because of that obedience, God lifted Him high and honoured Him far beyond anyone or anything, ever…”

So, in Matthew 20, when tempers flared and disgust arose over the request of the mother of James and John to give her sons the highest places of honour, Jesus said to His disciples: “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done.” This attitude thrives in every facet of life regardless of status. So, in business, work or anywhere, may we choose to serve.

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