servants

Have you ever met someone who thinks they are better than others? They think they are more important at work, or that they do more at church, or that they are the all-star on a sports team. Those people are difficult to be around and even more difficult to work with. If you're not careful you'll find yourself trying to compete with them and that is the last thing you need.
What they need to do is some humility 101 training. C.J. Muhaney is one of today's leading evangelicals, he wrote a book entitled, "Humility, True Greatness." I would recommend it to everyone. My copy is on loan right now so I can't quote it directly but I do recall one of the passages that he refers to regularly in the book.
Philippians 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being the very nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness."
Jesus, who had already spend time in heaven, was God's own Son. He was the very nature of God, yet He made Himself less than man. He came to earth and made Himself a servant to all.
How smoothly would life go if everyone considered themself a servant. If co-workers saw their role as servant, as there simply to serve and assist their co-workers. What if bosses saw their role as simply to serve both the company and those who worked under them. If they realized they were in a high position because of their experience and helped train those under them as if they were there to serve them. Oh, and what if teammates thought themselves less than all others, and worked hard at serving the team and their teammates rather than the other way around?
Well, I think Paul had this vision in mind when this part of Philippians was written. A place where all were servants regardless of their status in the workplace or in society. Simply servant. Try it today, try picturing yourself as a servant, I promise it will change the way you deal with people as a whole.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!