Today’s name once again reminded me of my early days as a believer. I was always a good worker, no doubt something that I picked up from both of my parents, but I was not much of a servant. In fact, I was self-serving in all that I did. It was the Holy Spirit who taught me to live as Christ. The Master-servant teaching His student to love in the manner that He Himself loves. From Christ I learned that to be selfish in the Kingdom of God would be to give freely of myself and my resources. It was Jesus who taught me to serve others without expectation of anything in return.

The author of this advent chose Matthew 12:18, a good verse indeed. I have an additional verse for you from my favorite book, Philippians 2:7. In classic Wes form I’ve added a couple of surrounding verses.

Philippians 2:5-8
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to point of death, even death on a cross.

Matthew 12:18
“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My Soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.”

Transformed by the love of Christ,

Wes