DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 10 to 11:26; Job 13-14; Matt. 6:19 to 7:6
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give His life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28
The Lord Jesus is the perfect model of service. Think of the pattern of His life as He prepared for the greatest event of all time—the redemption of mankind. He lived thirty years in obscurity and was reared in a working class family in Nazareth. And then, in the three years of His public ministry, did anything change? He owned no home, no bed. He had no money! But just as the foxes and the birds were in the safe keeping of His heavenly Father, so was He. Then finally on to the ultimate service, His sacrifice and death to fulfil His Father’s will and save us! —Drew Craig
He saw me ruined in the fall, yet loved me not withstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate, His loving kindness, O how great.—Samuel Medley