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Do you serve? // Você serve?



Service. How do you feel about serving? What exactly do you understand what the verb “to serve” means? It means to work for someone as a servant, to prepare and offer, to provide good and services for costumer and so on. OK. Serving people is not always gratifying, or joyful. It can be messy, troubling and tiring. No reward. Sometimes it is a humiliating job.

What would you think if I tell you that Jesus came to earth as a servant? And if we are called Christian because we follow Him and we follow a servant, so we should be servants as well. Right?

Why do you call yourself Christian? Are you imitating Jesus also in this sense? Why do you want to be like Jesus if you struggle so much to serve? Jesus washed his disciples’ feet in an era there weren’t shoes to protect their feet. Would you do that? Would you give bathe your grandma? Would you do your mom’s toenails? What about a stranger’s toenails? For free!!!! Would you do that?

Let’s suppose you have a high degree, and you have no job, would you work as a waiter? Jesus said  36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25: 36 – 40

What do you think He meant by telling this? That we are here to serve, to take care, to love. No matter how ugly, dirty, undignified that act looks like, we are here to serve one another.

The prophet Isaiah has several passages in his book talking about a Servant. That Servant is Jesus. Jesus himself told “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant[c] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.” John 13:14 – 16. I have told you that at that time when there weren’t shoes, wash somebody’s feet was a slave job, only the lowest did that.

Jesus came here to serve and to teach us how to do that. You say you are a Christian. Being a Christian means to be a follower, an imitator of Christ.  How are you imitating Christ lately?
Why is so important to serve? Because God loves the humble. Serving put us in the right position before God. We are here to serve one another and to serve God. When we serve one another, we are serving God. We are doing His works.

Look, we are God’s servants just like Jesus was. Not the other way around. God doesn’t serve us. God doesn’t praise us. God doesn’t work for us. We work for God. He is the Master Planner of our lives. We follow His lead.

Self-Serving life is meaningless. It won’t take you anywhere near God, only further away. Solomon the king wrote that he did everything he wanted (Ecclesiastes 2:1 - 11), he had everything he wanted and yet he said “Then I consider all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and striving after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 2:11).

Watch it!  What have your priorities been? You take care of yourself, of your family and loved ones, but also seek first the kingdom of God, so all of you have been doing won’t become meaningless and vanity.

The service God has put you in today, accept it, do it and learn from it. Rejoice, God is preparing you for His works.


Serviço. Como você se sente em servir? O que exatamente você entende o que significa o verbo “servir”? Significa trabalhar para alguém como servo; preparar e oferecer; fornecer bens e serviços para o cliente e assim por diante. Ok. Servir às pessoas nem sempre é gratificante ou alegre. Pode ser confuso, perturbador e cansativo. Nenhuma recompensa. Às vezes é um trabalho humilhante.

O que você pensaria se eu lhe disser que Jesus veio à terra como servo? E se nós somos chamados cristãos porque nós o seguimos e, se seguimos um servo, também devemos ser servos. Certo?

Por que você se chama de cristão? Você está imitando Jesus também nesse sentido? Por que você quer ser como Jesus se você tem tanta dificuldade para servir? Jesus lavou os pés de seus discípulos em uma época em que não havia sapatos para proteger seus pés. Você faria isso? Você daria banho a sua avó? Você faria as unhas dos pés da sua mãe? E as unhas dos pés de um estranho? De graça!!!! Você faria isso?

Vamos supor que você tenha uma alto nível profissional e não tenha emprego. Você trabalharia como garçom? Jesus disse que 36 eu estava nu e você me vestiu, eu estava doente e você me visitou, eu estava na prisão e você veio a mim. ”37 Então os justos lhe responderão, dizendo: 'Senhor, quando te vimos com fome e te alimentamos, ou com sede e te demos de beber? 38 E quando te vimos um estranho e te recebemos, ou nu e te vestimos? 39 E quando te vimos doente ou na prisão e te visitamos? '40 E o Rei lhes responderá:' Em verdade, eu lhes digo, como você fez a um dos meus menores irmãos, você fez isso para Eu. ”Mateus 25: 36-40

O que você acha que ele quis dizer ao dizer isso? Que estamos aqui para servir, cuidar, amar. Não importa o quão feio, sujo e indigno seja esse ato, estamos aqui para servir um ao outro.

O profeta Isaías tem várias passagens em seu livro falando sobre um Servo. Esse servo é Jesus. O próprio Jesus disse: “Se eu, então, teu Senhor e Mestre, lavo os teus pés, também deves lavar os pés uns dos outros. 15 Pois te dei um exemplo, que também deves fazer como te fiz. 16 Em verdade, em verdade vos digo que o servo não é maior do que o seu senhor, nem é um mensageiro maior do que aquele que o enviou”. João 13:14 - 16. Eu lhes disse que naquela época quando não havia sapatos, lavar os pés de alguém era um trabalho escravo, só o menor fazia isso.

Jesus veio aqui para servir e nos ensinar como fazer isso. Você diz que é um cristão. Ser cristão significa ser um seguidor, um imitador de Cristo. Como você está imitando a Cristo ultimamente?
Por que é tão importante servir? Porque Deus ama os humildes. Servir nos colocou na posição correta diante de Deus. Estamos aqui para servir uns aos outros e servir a Deus. Quando servimos uns aos outros, estamos servindo a Deus. Estamos fazendo suas obras.

Olha, nós somos servos de Deus como Jesus era. Não o contrário. Deus não nos serve. Deus não nos elogia. Deus não trabalha para nós. Nós trabalhamos para Deus. Ele é o planejador mestre de nossas vidas. Nós seguimos a liderança dele.

Uma vida de autosserviço não tem sentido. Não te levará a nenhum lugar perto de Deus, apenas mais longe. O rei Salomão escreveu que ele fez tudo o que queria (Eclesiastes 2:1 - 10), ele tinha tudo o que queria e ainda assim disse: “Então eu considero tudo o que minhas mãos fizeram e o esforço que eu havia gasto em fazê-lo, e eis que tudo era vaidade e correr atrás do vento, e não havia nada a ganhar debaixo do sol ”(Eclesiastes 2:11).

Preste atenção! Quais são as suas prioridades? Você cuida de si mesmo, da sua família e dos seus entes queridos, mas também busca primeiro o reino de Deus para que nada dessas coisas que vocês estão fazendo se tornem vaidade e sem sentido.

O serviço que Deus te colocou hoje, aceite-o, faça-o e aprenda dele. Alegre-se, Deus está te preparando para a Sua obra.

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