NOT ME
Today's reading: 2 Corinthians 4-5

"We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us." 2 Corinthians 4:5 NLT

I know a lot of you are servants in your church, and maybe your attendance today is less about worship and more about your duty to a roster or rotation schedule. Maybe it's your turn to be in the nursery, sit at a center with the toddlers or present a lesson to the older kids. Maybe you'll be at the piano or the keyboard. Maybe you are assigned to the door greeter position today.

I get that. Some Sundays are like that.

What I love, what this verse sums up, is that no matter what we do--and there are some days we do a lot of things we do for the church, we cannot save it.

We can wipe noses or bottoms.

We can provide coloring pages and crayons.

We can have the coolest attention-grabbing object lesson.

We can come in dressed the part of Moses, Daniel or Mary.

We can calm the most anxious child or discipline in a way that makes no doubt as to our love for any one.

We can meet and greet with enthusiasm and sincerity.

We can sign our names to each and every sign-up list.

We can serve again and again in the same position...but we cannot save.

And if our ministry is void of that simple truth, we're just serving, not ministering.

We have to present Jesus lifted up as the Savior of our souls, and smile while we're doing it, and love while we're doing it and enjoy every minute of doing it!