A Case For Serving
It doesn't come naturally. We are bent in the opposite direction. Instead of having a fine-tuned radar directed outward toward other people's needs, we are usually focused on ourselves. We are skilled at arranging information, opportunities, and even relationships around a self-centered grid. "What is in it for me?" is the single criteria.Alfred Nobel left most of his fortune in a trust. Since 1901 the Nobel Foundation has been awarding annual prizes to those individuals who have marked our globe with an exceptional humanitarian effort. Nobel was born into a family of inventors and early entrepreneurs. His family had been manufacturing nitroglycerin when an explosion in 1864 killed five people, including Alfred's younger brother, Emil. Searching for a safer way to handle nitroglycerin, Nobel worked tirelessly until he invented a way to pack the explosives into another material, which greatly reduced its instability. In 1867, thirty-four-year-old Alfred Nobel patented and introduced dynamite to the world. Of his 355 patents, dynamite would be his most famous and by far his m
Though it may not come naturally every time, I urge you, as Christians, to learn and develop the art of selfless living. Well, serving is the exact opposite. It is the art and act of pumping someone else up, not myself. Serving others requires a "Copernican Revolution" of sorts. Prior to 1543, even the most brilliant minds had the universe framed around the wrong center point. Going against every shred of science, history, and experience, Copernicus placed not the Earth but the sun at the center of the universe. This revolutionary idea eventually caused all the planets and celestial bodies to be reordered accordingly by astronomers. But what is serving at its core? When stripped to the basics, what does it mean and what does it look like? These are but a selected few representing the Nobel Peace Prize. Every year since 1901, exceptional service towards humankind has been recognized and awarded. Listen to these words from Jesus, the Servant of all servants. "Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came
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