SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN: “Serving Like Jesus”

By NewsTrack Nigeria
October 12, 2021

*DAILY BREAD: A DEVOTIONAL FOR THE CHILDREN*

Eastern Nigeria Union Conference Children’s Ministries Department

*THEME: I WILL GO*

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Topic: Serving like Jesus

_Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. Mark 10:43-44_

Have you ever wished for something? Sometimes we make a wish without thinking about what would happen if our wish really came true.
James and John were two brothers who were disciples of Jesus. One day, the two of them came to Jesus and said to Him, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”

“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus replied.

“In Your glorious Kingdom, we want to sit in places of honor next to You, one at Your right and the other at Your left.” You see, they thought Jesus was going to set up an earthly kingdom, and they wanted to sit beside Him on the throne. They wanted to share in His glory and greatness.

Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking.” Then He explained that whoever wants to be great must be a servant of all. He said, “For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give My life as a ransom for many.”

I don’t think that being a servant was exactly what James and John were wishing for!

Sometimes you and I may say, “I wish I could be more like Jesus.” But is that really our wish? If we really want that wish to come true, we must live as servants the way Jesus did. Only then can we be truly great and show God’s love to the world.

*Song*
Earthly pleasures vainly call me,
I would be like Jesus;
Nothing worldly shall enthrall me,
I would be like Jesus.
*Refrain* :
Be like Jesus, this my song,
In the home and in the throng;
Be like Jesus, all day long!
I would be like Jesus.

*Prayer*
Dear God, help me to mean it when I say, “I wish I could be more like Jesus.” Please show me each day how to become a greater servant to those around me In Jesus’ name, amen.