Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit; but in humility, value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit; but in humility, value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Be ambitious to be nothing!  At least nothing except what God designed you to be.  When you gave your life to Christ, you became a servant.  A servant goes where he is directed and does what he is commanded to do.  He takes no thought of whether he “likes” it or not; he simply obeys because of his position.  Jesus Christ is our greatest example of a servant.  Philippians 2:6-8 tells us how Jesus, who is God, did not try to grasp being equal with God, but made himself to be nothing and became a servant in the form of a man.  He became completely submitted and obedient to God, the Father, and submitted even to death on a cross.

There is something in each of us that recoils and wants to strike back when we hear the words servant and submission.  We want to say, “I’m a King’s kid!”  But when searching The  Bible, we find over and over again that those who exalt themselves will be abased, and those who choose to humble themselves before God will be exalted (Matthew 23:12).  Remember, God’s ways are not our ways; His ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:9). 

As we become willing to submit our lives as living sacrifices to God, going where He leads, speaking what He directs, and doing as He asks, the light of God within us will become so evident to those around us that they will want to know what makes us different.  Why?  Because, it is such an unusual way to live.  It has an appeal to those wanting out of the darkness.  Your coworkers, parents, and students have a need to see Jesus in you.  They will be drawn to the light of Christ as you shine for Him in this dark, confusing world.

 Dear God, make me a servant.  Jesus was a servant, make me one too.  You have placed my students and their parents in my world this year for a reason.  Let my light so shine before them that you might be glorified.