Not Your Average Pedicure

Why do I struggle so much with servant-hood? What is it about lowly and seemingly meaningless tasks that I have such a hard time with? I wonder if it's connected with my ego. At work, I find that I can be wrapped up in "that's not my job" statements, or "they don't pay me enough to do that" mentalities. And that is so wrong.

Sometimes at work I will be asked to do something and the person who is asking is not my boss, nor remotely near that level of authority. Sometimes the request is worded in such a way that it just rubs me wrong. My attitude shifts and I immediately transistion into a begruding frame of mind.

Granted, I do think that if someone over steps their bounds that something needs to be said. However, if these small and menial tasks are actually helpful to someone else and only slightly inconvenient for me then I should make every effort to be helpful.

Guess which Bible story came to mind:

John 13: 12 So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord; and [b]you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

After I pondered this verse, I went ahead and did the tasks that the person had asked of me. It was funny how quick it took and how painless it was. Really not an inconvenience at all. I wish I could keep this state of mind all the time. I wish I were the first person jumping up at an opportunity to serve, regardless of the situation. I'm thankful for moments like these. It brings ti the surface the facets and areas of my character that I wish to spruce up. By God's grace I can do it but it often requires me to look into the mirror and that can be painfully difficult sometimes.

How can you "wash" someone elses feet this week? What is a situation in which you can be a servant?