Serving God by Serving Others: The Spiritual Discipline That Changes Everything
This past Sunday, I shared something I believe cuts to the heart of what it means to follow Jesus: serving isn't a program or a personality type — it's a spiritual discipline every believer is called to practice. We've been working through a series on spiritual disciplines — Bible intake, worship, prayer, evangelism — and now we arrive at one that I think many of us quietly avoid: serving. My hope is that by the time you finish reading this, you'll see serving not as a burden to carry, but as a gift you've already been equipped to give. What Does It Actually Mean to Serve? The word "serve" appears somewhere between 600 and 1,000 times in the Bible, depending on your translation. That alone tells us something important — God takes this seriously. In the New Testament, there are at least five different Greek words translated as "serve," and they carry a range of meaning: to minister to, to wait on tables, to care for practical needs, to obey compl...