Removing Mountains

Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
 
John 12:26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
 
I have been praying about how I should go about something.  You see I gave my owner my notice last week.  I have accepted an offer somewhere else.
 
On the surface my owner took it well, but underneath he said a few things that I found troubling.  He has asked me to give him a few days of work when he gets back from his latest trip. 
 
You see I have watched my owner take advantage of people.  He has used their services but never paid them.  He has found reasons to justify not paying them.  I always figured that he would never do this to me as I always gave him 100%.  But when we had our meeting, my owner said that we should have done this separation months ago.  That my head just wasn't in the game and that I was only giving him 10% service.
 
That scared me.  I saw the flicker of justification.  I realized that perhaps he was justifying in his head a way not to pay my last check and certainly not pay me for the days I would come back and work.
 
So after praying I realized that I don't serve my owner.  I serve Jesus Christ.  And because I serve Jesus Christ I must do the right thing every time.  I must serve others with honor and integrity.  I must serve others even if they cheat me.
 
Why would I do this? Why would I go back knowing that I could be cheated?
 
2 corinthians 4
 
 ⁴ The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ⁵ For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. ⁶ For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
 
2 corinthians 5
 
 ¹⁶ So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
 
I will go back because I am a servant of Jesus Christ.  I will go back because I know that the Devil has blinded the eyes of people.  I will go back in hopes that I will be like a light shining in the darkness and perhaps my owner will see my service and see the glory of Christ.  I will go back because I can no longer regard others from the worldly point of view with all their faults and how they may potentially treat me.
 
When we serve, we serve regardless of the costs.  We must serve even if we know others will do us wrong.  And we serve because Jesus said that the Father will honor the one who serves Him.
 
Whatever you do today, do it for the Lord.  When the moment comes when you are offended or cheated, continue on as if you are serving the one and only. 
 
Because you are….