Monday, 18 August 2008

As Summer of Service Draws To An End...

It's been a great summer! I don't think I could've learnt the lessons I learnt this summer in any other way. I love how the Lord knows exactly what I need and how I need to learn it.
It's been a great summer of service. Learning how to be a servant can be one of the most painful but important lessons of life. It's so painful because it goes against everything human in me. It goes against all my pride which my flesh enjoys rejoicing in. A famous missionary once said, "You will know you are being a true servant if you are being treated like one." And I competely agree with that. It is an important lesson to learn because it teaches me to die to myself and put others before myself. Galatians 2:20 has become my life verse really because it is no longer I who lives but Christ in me and if Christ is in me then He is living through me therefore in everthing I do and say I should reflect Christ. And Christ was the ultimate example of a servant and I therefore look to Him to mould and shape my heart to be a servant.
I truly thank the Lord for allowing me this opportunity to serve Him and His people, it's been an absolute honour and priviledge. I pray that He would continue to create in me a clean heart and continue to awaken my heart to serve Him!

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