“I Will Go as a Servant” By Paul Chappell Monday, May 5, 2014 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:5-8 William Milne was born in a small village in Scotland. His father died when he was very young, so William received little schooling because he needed to work to help support the family. Known even at a young age for his prodigious use of profanity, Milne was converted as a teenager, and the focus of his life shifted. When Robert Morrison, one of the first missionaries to China wrote and asked for help in the work, Milne volunteered for the position, but his lack of formal education led the board to decline his request to serve as a missionary. Milne replied, “Well, sir, if the gentlemen don’t think me fit to be a missionary, I will go as a servant. I am willing to be a hewer of wood and a drawer of water or do anything to help the cause of my Heavenly Master.” Milne did go to China and was greatly used in the work there for the rest of his life. In addition to preaching and witnessing, he helped establish a school to train leaders and a printing press that distributed books and tracts across the country. His willingness to serve was Milne’s best qualification for the work. If Jesus was willing to lay aside the glories of Heaven and come to Earth as a servant, how much more should we be willing to set aside our pride and serve Him however we can? Today’s Renewal Principle: If you are not willing to be a servant, you are not yet really prepared to be used in God’s work.
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