Service With A Smile!

In the Kingdom of God, the way up is down!

How many of you believe that God is a great God?  

I think most people would admit that they would like to be great too.  

To be influential in some way.  Make a real difference.


When the Bible speaks of greatness, it says things like “he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”  Matthew 23:11  

In  Mark 9:35,  Jesus said “If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

I you want to be the greatest, then become the servant of all.    Serve one another!

There is an interesting story in John Chapter 2:  The story of Jesus’ first miracle: 

The headwaiter did not know where this fresh wine had come from, but the servants who drew the water knew!  It was the servants who were in on the ground floor of this miracle!  They were right there, handling the beginning of a complete turn-around miracle in a marriage, but it all started with service to someone else!  They did what Jesus said to do.

The conversion from water to wine occurred while in the hands of the servants, not the leader, not the bridegroom.  

John 2:7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. Jesus said to whom?  Who filled them up? 

John 2:8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the headwaiter.” And they took it to him.  Jesus said to whom?  Who took it? 

Servanthood is very important!  Service is key!  It is the key to having harmony in your home, and in life altogether. If you want more harmony, you need more service.  


Service is the seed,  Harmony is the harvest!  

Everyone would like to have the fruit of the Spirit displayed in their life.  Who wouldn’t want to have more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control?  We want all these things, but I’m telling you that Service is the delivery method!  You’ve got the fruit of the Spirit, but service is the bowl that the fruit is in.  It’s the container!  It’s the thing that encapsulates or holds the fruit of the Spirit.  Service is the one thing that delivers these others great things into your life.  When you need a medicine delivered into your body to help fix something, the doctor will use a syringe and a needle to get the medicine where it needs to go.  That’s what service is like, it’s like that syringe & needle that contains what your marriage needs, and it breaks through the outer layers of built up walls and strife, to deliver the goods!  A good doctor will administer the right medication.

That’s why even the words “Minister” and “Administer” are so closely related.

Service is the key that unlocks the otherwise locked door, and delivers the package right to you.  God wants you to have and walk in the fruit of the Spirit in your life, but he uses your service to others as the means to get all that goodness in there! 

Galatians 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 

Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

When you are truly serving others, you will not walk in the opposite of the fruit of the Spirit.  You can’t Serve and Slander at the same time!

Galatians 5:13  For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

So, you are probably thinking, how can I get in on this whole servanthood thing?  How can I become a better servant to others?

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 says that “Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.

Don’t ever act independent of the Word of God; or you will fail!

Here are some other scriptural things you can do starting right now!

2 Corinthians 11:3  -  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 

2.  You can “Let,” and you can “Let Not.”  

Colossians 3:15   And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 

John 14:1    Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

John 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Romans 6:12  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts,

The Bible says you have Need of Patience!  

Hebrews 10:36  For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Hebrews 10:36  (Message Bible )  But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion. 

“People will tell you what you want to hear, but God will tell you what you need to hear!”

Let me ask you:  Are you really doing your best in life?  Really?  Are you really genuine, or are you just faking your way through?  Are you really contributing, or are you just holding other people’s past mistakes over their head; controlling them with it?  There is a point that you have to let go of the past and move on . . . to decide that you are going to go “all in” for God, and do it His way.

“How long will you wait to do what you know will really help and benefit your life, and those around you?  

Waste no time in doing what you know is right! 

I hope you’ll take time today to reflect on this.  Get the focus off of yourself, and on to God and others.  The word “OTHERS” is one of the most powerful words out there!  Think of others more than yourself!


Serve others!