Chambers talks again today about being a servant, and, again like yesterday, my thoughts go back to the Emmaus Walk and those who serve Jesus there as they also serve the pilgrims.
Once people have been blessed by the walk, most invariably want to join the servant team and be a part of the Walk from the other side of the fence. They have been blessed by the servants on their Walk and want to, in turn, bless others in the same way. They have also seen, and heard stories, of the blessings received in serving others in this way.
As in a lot of other organizations, there is a procedure to go through in order to serve on Emmaus, and there is a form to fill out that indicates your desire to serve. This is called a Willing Servant Form, and the name seems to say it all. I say that I am willing to be used by God in this way in order to follow Christ's example of serving, and to assure that others are blessed as I have been.
But Emmaus is not an end all in itself. Pilgrims are encouraged, almost commanded, to go back into their daily lives and their churches and serve. There are gatherings and weekend walks twice a year, but there is a lot of living to be done outside the Emmaus community. It is easy to serve, and become willing to serve, as a result of a high mountaintop spiritual experience, but does it carry over to where we live each day?
Jesus wants true servants, not just the weekend ones, and the question for me is:
Will I fill out the form for this kind of service, and be a Willing Servant every day, right where I live?
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