Christianity is All About Service: Paul

In his Epistles, The Apostle Paul repeatedly emphasizes that he is a servant of God, a slave of Jesus Christ. Whereas the churches he had established, and many Christians throughout the centuries, including millions of Christians living in the twenty-first century, exalt Paul as an "Apostle," a successful "Missionary," a "Leader" of the Christian movement in the first century, again and again Paul admonished his hearers and readers to think of him and refer to him as God's "servant." One passage which advocates this is 1 Corinthians 3:5-9:

"What then is Apollos? What is Paul? SERVANTS through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but GOD GAVE THE GROWTH. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but ONLY GOD WHO GIVES THE GROWTH. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. FOR WE ARE GOD'S SERVANTS, working together; you are God's field, God's building."

Eva Nicholson once wrote:
"A Christmas candle
is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away,
While, quite unselfish,
it grows small."

What a beautiful description of every true follower of God!!!

John Willis