The Highest Position Of All

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31


                                                        The Highest Position of All

He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself [with haughtiness and empty pride] shall be humbled (brought low), and whoever humbles himself [whoever has a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly] shall be raised to honor. —Matthew 23:11-12 AMPC

Jesus was able to wash His disciples' feet because He was free. Only a person who is truly free, one who is not insecure, can do menial tasks and not feel insignificant as a result.

So much of our worth and value is connected to what we do that it makes it very difficult for us to enjoy serving. Serving others is not viewed as a high position, and yet Jesus said it is the highest of all. Serving others also sets them free to love. It disarms even the most hateful individual. It is actually fun to watch that person's amazement when he realizes he is being served through love.

If someone knows full well he has done us wrong, and we return his evil with good, it begins to tear down the walls he has built around himself. Sooner or later he will begin to trust us and start learning from us what real love is. That is the whole purpose behind being a servant, to show others the love of God that He has shown us so that they too can share in it—and then pass it on.

Joyce Meyer - From her book, "New Day, New You"

Corn Or Chaff?

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

        "The ungodly are  . . . like the chaff which the wind driveth away."  Psalm  1:4

     Chaff is a mere shadow of its former self; it is a shell, a husk - the best of it is gone.  And so it is with man.  As someone has said,  "Man, once good wheat, has lost the kernel of all goodness - God."

     Chaff is easily driven to and fro by the elements.  So too the ungodly are unstable in all their ways and quickly yield to the winds of adversity and temptation.

     Threshing floors in ancient times were generally situated on top of hills, or at least on high mounds of earth, so that the winds could freely do their work.  When beaten with a rod and exposed to the wind, the chaff would soon be blown away, but the true grain would remain at the feet of the flailer, ready for his use. All this, in parabolic form, presents both the reactions of the wicked and of the saved in the presence of affliction.  The unconsecrated soul in rebellion flies up in the face of God when it feels the sting of the rod; while the true corn falls at His feet in loving, trustful submission - ready for more acceptable service when the chastening is over.

     The end of the whole matter is seen in Luke 3:17:  "He will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable."  

     Friend, when the rod of affliction is laid upon you, do you fly up in God's face like the chaff - agitated and completely ruffled; or do you react as the more solid kernel of value, so full of faith and deep settled peace that you fall resignedly at His feet in humble worship - ready to be used as He sees fit?  When the winds of adversity blow about you, it will soon be made manifest whether you are true "corn" or valueless "chaff"!

"Bread For Each Day"