A graduating student at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, had just received his appointment from the bishop. He was grousing and grumbling because the appointment didn’t fit what he felt he deserved. Another student, in a loving but unsympathetic way, patted him on the back and said, “You know, the world is a better place because Michelangelo didn’t say, ‘I don’t do ceilings.”[@more@]
If you stop to think about it, the world is a better place because a German monk named Martin Luther didn’t say, “I don’t do doors.”
The world is a better place, because the future founder of the Methodist movement named John Wesley didn’t say, “I don’t do preaching in foundries and fields.” Or didn’t say, “The world isn’t my parish.”
And the world is a better place, because:
Noah didn’t say, “I don’t do arks.”
Moses didn’t say, “I don’t do rivers.”
Jeremiah didn’t say, “I don’t do weeping.”
Amos didn’t say, “I don’t do speeches.”
Rahab didn’t say, “I don’t do arks.”
Ruth didn’t say, “I don’t do mother-in-laws.”
David didn’t say, “I don’t do giants.”
Mary didn’t say, “I don’t do virgin births.”
John the Baptist didn’t say, “I don’t do deserts.”
Mary Magdalene didn’t say, “I don’t do feet.”
Peter didn’t say, “I don’t do Gentiles.”
Paul didn’t say, “I don’t do letters.”
Jesus didn’t say, “I don’t do crosses.”
From the beginning of the Bible to the end, you see over and over the story of men and women who have had servant spirits. To be a part of God’s Kingdom for all of time immortal, one must have a servant’s heart. To understand how to be a servant of Jesus, one must first understand what it means to follow.
Pastor Chuck Bratz
Texas, USA