I am a Servant. Is that a Bad Thing?

I had the privelege and responsibility of introducing a lesson to our new student governmnet class for the Spring. I chose the lesson titled Servant Leadership, not knowing what I would learn from it. After researching what exactly it means to be one, I aspire to be just that. Webster defines a servant as one that performs duties of a master. The Bible defines it as service for the Master. Applying Webster's version to Student Government, I began to talk about how we, as leaders of our school, need to be persistent workers, helpers, and role models, regardless of where we are on the hierarchy of "status" in Student Government. I extended this thought beyond solely Student Government. If Servant Leadership was supposed to be such an amazing trait to have, who am I serving every day-with a grateful heart?

As Christians we serve God every day, but there is something more to it. Unlike Servant Leadership is defined, with God there is a two-way relationship. This relationship is fulfilling and inspiring, unlike a draining job where we serve people and earthly things. I have always known God to be the source of hope, wisdom and direction, but there is more than that. As a servant, we must love our job but not our people, but to be a servant of God, we love our mission, our God and the people. If we love God, we love people. If we love people, we love God. It is as simple, and beautiful as that.