“But it should not be that way with you. Whoever wants to be your leader must be your servant. Whoever wants to be first must serve the rest of you like a slave. Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.”

What kind of help or service can we offer to God who is eternal and almighty? For sure, God does not need our help, but when He sees a small effort made by us with love, He blesses it and increases His help and blessings.

The greatest example of service was Christ Himself. As our Lord Jesus said in Matthew 20, He did not come for people to serve Him; instead, He came to serve others and to give His life to save many people. For the salvation of people, He humbled Himself, becoming a human, and spent His entire life in humility and service.

Believers together form the true Church of Christ, which is His body. The Bible says, “All of you together are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of that body.” (1 Corinthians 12:27).

Your service is greatly needed in the body of Christ. Each of us has a role in the Church, and each role is very important. There is no small service to God. Everything has meaning for our Lord. There are also no insignificant services in the Church. Some services are visible, some are not, but all are valuable for our Lord. The small or hidden services often make the biggest changes. Every service is important because we all depend on each other to function.

What happens when one part of your body does not work? You get sick. The rest of your body suffers. Imagine if your liver decided to live for itself: “I’m tired! I do not want to serve the body anymore. I want to take a year off to rest. I need to do what is best for me. Let another part take over my function (work).” What will happen then? The body will die!

When Christians become spectators instead of serving each other, the Body of Christ suffers. God calls us as part of the Body of Christ to a ministry that surpasses anything we can imagine. He has created us for good works—for a life that He has prepared for us.

Ephesians 2:10 says, “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would spend our lives doing the good things he had already planned for us to do.”

When you serve others in some way, with love, with joy, you are actually serving God. Mother Theresa said (from her many years of service): “The fruit of love is service; the fruit of service is peace.”

Let us pray to our Lord to make us His true servants who will serve Him and each other, bringing the Glory of our God!

By Pastor Mamikon Abgaryan, Bible League Armenia