Acting and Thinking Like A Servant

How do we act like a servant?

Real servants make themselves available to serve and do what's needed, even when it's inconvenient. Are you available to God? Can he mess up your plans without you becoming resentful? Or are your so busy that you can't jump up and serve when called.

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.
2 Timothy 2:4

Real servants are always on the lookout for ways to help others.

Whenever we have the opportunity, we have to do what is good for everyone, especially for the family of believers.
Galatians 6:10

Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.
Proverbs 3:28

Real servants don't make excuses, procrastinate or wait for better circumstances. They do their best with what they have been given.

If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.
Ecclesiastes 11:4

Real servants do everything with their whole heart. Jesus specialized in menial tasks: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers...nothing was beneath him. We need to be willing to do anything that is needed.

If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody.
Galatians 6:3

Real servants are faithful to their ministry. We seem to have forgotten the importance of commitment...we need to finish our tasks, fulfill our responsibilities, keep our promises and complete our commitments.

Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let's celebrate together!
Matthew 25:23

Real servants don't promote or call attention to themselves.

When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your father in heaven.
Matthew 6:1

God is more interested in why we do things that what we do. We need to make sure our attitude is that our a servant and this requires a change in our attitudes.

Servants think more about the needs around them than their own needs. Thinking like a servant is difficult because it challenges the basic problem of our lives: I am, by nature, selfish. I think most about me. That's why humility is a daily struggle, a lesson we must learn over and over again.

Servants think like stewards, not owners. We need to remember that God owns it all...everything! It is impossible for us to serve two masters. This goes for both our time and our money. When we realize everything we have is his then we can truly serve him.

Servants think about their work and not about what others are doing. They don't compare, criticize, or compete with other servants or ministries.

We will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Galatians 5:26

Servants base their identity in Christ. We don't need to prove our worth. Only secure people can serve. Insecure people are always worrying about how they appear to others. They fear exposure of their weaknesses and hide beneath layers of protective pride and pretensions.

Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry. They serve with gladness because they love the Lord and are grateful for his grace.

The Father will honor and reward anyone who serves me.
John 12:26

He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other Christians.
Hebrews 6:10