Friday September 5th, 2014
1 Corinthians 9:19 “For though I am free from all
men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.”
This
verse is exactly what we’ve been learning here, cultural sensitivity. If I were
to go into Cambodia with my North American mindset, I would be bringing western
style Christianity to a whole other culture. I need to be bringing the gospel
and showing the love of Christ, not showing them how to do things. Their
worship may be different, their prayers may be different, but if they know that
Jesus Christ is their savior and that they can have a personal relationship
with Him, then that would be winning more souls.
Before
making that step though, is dying to self. Something that we’ve been learning
upon being accepted into the IGNITE program. For me, as I’m sure for everyone,
it’s a daily struggle. The minute I complain about something or have a prideful
thought is when self comes into the picture. Complaining…that can be an issue
in servant hood. Really my whole life I’ve had a problem with complaining. “I’m
hungry”, “I’m tired”, “I want to go home”, or “do we really have to do this?”
That’s some things I’ve said constantly back at home and sometimes here in
Guatemala, especially about the homework. When I think about how privileged I
am to have gone to school, to have food three times a day if not more, and be
here learning and growing closer to God, it saddens me that I even would
complain. I don’t deserve any of the things I have, yet God blesses me with all
of it. Praise the Lord! I can’t believe I would complain if something a little
difficult or tiring comes my way. That’s not a good start to being a servant.
Application:
To remember how blessed I am and to not complain, I will write “complain” with
an “X” through it on my hand. I’m sure I’ve done this application before, but
it’s something I clearly need reminding of. I also ask Kaylee to call me out if
she ever hears me complaining.
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