Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the work of another
believer—to pour out your life sacrificially for the ministry and faith
of others? Or do you say, “I am not willing to be poured out right now,
and I don’t want God to tell me how to serve Him. I want to choose the
place of my own sacrifice. And I want to have certain people watching me
and saying, ’Well done.’ ”
It is one thing to follow God’s way of service if you are regarded as
a hero, but quite another thing if the road marked out for you by God
requires becoming a “doormat” under other people’s feet. God’s purpose
may be to teach you to say, “I know how to be abased . . .” (Philippians 4:12).
Are you ready to be sacrificed like that? Are you ready to be less than
a mere drop in the bucket—to be so totally insignificant that no one
remembers you even if they think of those you served? Are you willing to
give and be poured out until you are used up and exhausted—not seeking
to be ministered to, but to minister? Some saints cannot do menial work
while maintaining a saintly attitude, because they feel such service is
beneath their dignity.
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