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The Power Of Service
John 13:4-5 '… so Jesus got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.'
 Each of us was built to change our world in some way - to rebel against the status quo which, because we live in a fallen world, is always falling short of God's ideal. We were all created to be heroes. The power to change our world does not come to the strong, though. It comes to the weak, the dependent and the vulnerable: the "poor in spirit" (Matt. 5:13, KJV). This power comes not from above, from higher earthly potentates, but from below, from people who allow us to influence them because they know we love them. The power to revolutionise our age comes not through domination, through exploitation and tyranny, but through service. It is not the power of the sword but the power of the towel.
Prayer: 'Lord, help me to have the attitude you demonstrated to your disciples. I want to learn the power that comes through servanthood; the strength that comes through humility.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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