Be One Who Serves

Greetings, friends…we are nearing the finish line of our 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting!  I am thrilled that over 500 of you signed up to participate in this experience with us and want to encourage you to press on to the finish…God will honor your obedience. Please continue to send your stories of what He has shown you during this time to my assistant, Joni Kendrick at joni@acfellowship.org . I would love to hear from you!

As I was thinking about our serving opportunities at the end of this month during Serve Our City weekend, I was reminded of this Wake Up Call that I wrote a few years back. I hope that it will inspire you as you prayerfully consider your decision to get out and serve with friends and neighbors in your community!  

One Who Serves

But I am among you as the one who serves. Luke 22:27

I constantly struggle with my need for approval, my need to be somebody. Insecurity has plagued me since childhood, and while I’ve gotten much better, I still battle it.

I want to matter.

I prayed about it this morning, asking God to make me secure in him and not in my own flesh. And then I read this verse. Jesus turns leadership, fame, fortune and significance on their heads simply by identifying himself as a servant. While his disciples argued about which one of them was the greatest, Jesus–obviously far superior to each of them–put a shot across each of their respective bows by telling them that it is the servants, not the power-hungry, who matter in his Kingdom. Talk about a conversation-killer.

And yet the conversation continues. We still battle with the need to be great, to be somebody. We jump through all kinds of hoops and struggle to please all sorts of people so we can get that nod or be accepted into that club or be seen in the right places. And none of it matters. It’s like trying to catch the wind.

The greatest man who ever lived didn’t flex his proverbial muscles, didn’t play the “Don’t you know who I am?” card, and didn’t try to impress anyone. He simply gave his life away as a servant and then commanded his followers to do the same. And curiously, he taught them that by doing so they would be truly great.

Today, don’t try to make an impression. Don’t lobby for position and don’t struggle to get ahead. I know it’s counter-intuitive, but it remains a Kingdom truth. Do you want to get ahead? Do you want to have impact? Do you want to leave a legacy? Do you want to change the world?

Be one who serves.

Sign up to Serve Our City on November 28/29th! Registration is now open! What better way to give thanks this season than to serve together as a church family? Check out the opportunities and sign up here!

Here are a few more opportunities to serve with our ACF Missions teams:

Safe Families of Austin – Join us on Sunday, November 15, 1-2:30pm at the Students’ Building at ACFfp for lunch and to learn about Safe Families for Children and how you can help with children that are in short-term crisis. There are many ways to serve; come learn where you might fit! RSVP by November 12th.

Lakeside Apartments Thanksgiving Celebration – Celebrate Thanksgiving with the sweet residents of Lakeside Apartments, November 18, 9:30am-12pm. Email Cindy Flickinger for info or to sign up.

 

 

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