JESUS UDFØRER EN SLAVES ARBEJDE
Ligner vi Jesus? Følger vi Ham?
En slaves arbejde!
Måske møder vi nogen der er yngre end os selv, vi synes nej tak vi vil ikke, har ikke lyst til at være gæstfri lige overfor den person. Hvad gjorde Jesus?
Filip. 2:5-7
Disciplene var samlet omkring bordet, for at fejre Påsken med Jesus. Hvis en af dem havde været opmærksom – eller besiddet den ægte tjeners ånd– så ville han have gjort det som Jesus gjorde. Han ville have taget vandet og klædet og knælet ned for de 12 disciple, og en af gangen, vasket deres fødder, startende med Jesus..
Vi læser i Mattæus 20:28, at Jesus kom som en tjener til denne verden. Han var villigt og rigtigt meget, for at ændre menneskers hjerte og indstilling, for at bringe dem tæt til sin Fader og Gud.
En træl af nederste klasse, havde det som sin opgave at vaske fødderne på dem som kom ind i huset – en forfærdelig ulækker tjans, kan jeg forestille mig. Jesus demonstrerede inden sin korsfæstelse, hvor vigtigt det er, frivilligt at udføre opgaver som skal udføres, selv om det reelt var tale om slave arbejde af værste slags.
YDMYGHED er ikke ydmygelse !
Med ydmygheden tillader vi derimod at give andre plads Det er en erkendelse af andres værd og ikke kun sin egen værdighed.
Vi som troende, kalder jo ikke Kristus for vores slave – vi kalder ham Mester og Herre, ja vi synger endda JESUS ER HERRE, men er han det i vore liv?
Når Jesus siger, at slaven/tjeneren ikke er større end sin Mester, så taler han om relationen med ham. Vi bøjer vore knæ for ham, Guds mest ydmyge tjener. Bøjer vi også vore knæ for ham og viser ydmyghed i den tjeneste og opgave, han har betroet os, eller er vi stolte og løfter os op, også over for andre medkristne eller andre tjenester som Gud har skænket sit folk, sin menighed?
Vil vi udføre ”slave-arbejde” for Ham, det der ikke ses eller påskønnes, for at Guds rige må komme til udtryk gennem os til andre?
1. Peter 5,6:
YDMYG JER DERFOR UNDER GUDS STÆRKE HÅND, SÅ VIL HAN OPHØJE JER, NÅR DEN TID KOMMER.
Er vi så ydmyge at vi tager en tjeners tøj på og vasker andres sår?
Eller er vi så ophøjede at vi lukker vore hjem og dør for mennesker?
ENGLISH
Learn from jesus
JESUSDOES THE WORK OF A SLAVE
Do we look like Jesus? Do we follow Him?
A slave's work!
Maybe we meet someone younger than ourselves, we think no thanks we won't, don't feel like being hospitable to that person. What did Jesus do?
Filip. 2: 5-7
The disciples were gathered around the table to celebrate the Passover with Jesus. If one of them had been aware - or possessed of the spirit of the true servant - then he would have done as Jesus did. He would have taken the water and clothed and knelt down for the 12 disciples, and one at a time, washed their feet, starting with Jesus ..
We read in Matthew 20:28 that Jesus came as a servant to this world. He was willing and right to change people's hearts and minds, to bring them close to his Father and God.
A slave of the lower class, it was his job to wash his feet on those who came into the house - a terrible disgusting thing, I imagine. Before his crucifixion, Jesus demonstrated the importance of voluntarily performing tasks to be performed, even though it was really a slave job of the worst kind.
Humility is not humility!
By humility, on the other hand, we allow others to give place. It is an acknowledgment of the worth of others and not just their own dignity.
We, as believers, do not call Christ our slave - we call him Master and Lord, yes we even sing JESUS IS LORD, but is he in our lives?
When Jesus says that the slave / servant is no greater than his Master, he talks about his relationship with him. We bow our knees to him, God's most humble servant. Do we also bow our knees to Him and show humility in the service and task He has entrusted to us, or are we proud and lifting ourselves up, also to other fellow Christians or other services that God has bestowed upon His people, His church?
Do we want to do "slave work" for Him, that which is not seen or appreciated, for the Kingdom of God to manifest through us to others?
1 Peter 5,6:
HUMBLE YOURSELF THEN UNDER THE STRONG HAND OF GOD, HE WILL ESTABLISH YOU WHEN IT COMES TIME.
Are we so humble that we put on a servant's clothes and wash the wounds of others?
Or are we so exalted that we close our homes and die for people
