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We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.   --1 John 3:2 Who do you trust when you are in pain or uncertain about life? Now, there are many people who can help us when we hurt. There are pastors, counselors, friends, and others. We need people to hold us up and give us hope. But too often, we put our complete confidence in men and what other people tell us when there is no substitute for the truth of hope in Jesus Christ! Have you lost sight of the fact that our greatest and only everlasting hope is from God? I want to remind you that Jesus is sufficient for your needs and mine. He provides a hiding place in the storms of life. He is a Father to the fatherless. He is the Great Physician to those who are wounded and sick. He is the Beginning and the End to those who face uncertainty. He is the Resurrection and the Life. And He is your Eternal and Living Hope! If your hope is in Jesus Christ, there is coming a day when all your physical pain will be no more. You and I will have a new body and a new life as Christ and we will live with Him forever. That’s the blessed hope of eternity. No matter what you’re going through today, no matter how much you hurt, persevere. Hold onto your hope.                                                                                                                                                Turn to Jesus today. Tell Him about your struggles.

The Serving Saviour

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Luke 22:27–30
During World War II when England was under siege and it appeared that the Germans might invade at any moment, the British military urgently needed the support of the mine workers who dug out the coal that fueled the war effort. Winston Churchill met with the labor union leaders to urge them to encourage their men to work diligently. The gifted orator described the great parade that would be held in Picadilly Circus when the war was won. Churchill said that after the soldiers and airmen and sailors, the great line of workers would follow. “What did you do during the war?” they would be asked and the answer would be, “We were deep in the earth with our faces to the coal.”
There is little fame or glory in this world for servants, but God sees those who are faithful even when they are not noticed by others. Even more He sees into our hearts and knows not only what we do but what motivates what we do. Jesus, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, was willing to humble Himself and bow down as a servant. The example of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples in the Upper Room is more talked about than copied. Too many of His children are not willing to pick up the towel and serve. Instead we want to be noticed and receive service from others, but that is not the pattern Jesus set for us.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

It is impossible to be like Jesus without being willing to humbly serve the needs of others.