Serve One Another in Humility

"Yea, all of you, gird yourself with humility, to serve one another." - 1 Peter 5:5

The Body builds up itself in love. It is not that there are special apostolic workers who can stand apart from the Body as though it were a 'thing', and build it up from the outside. There is a danger, to which we are all prone, of thinking of the Church of Christ as something outside of ourselves to which we are ministering. This is not possible. If we are to contribute to the life of the Body, we must humbly take our place of submission within it, receiving from, as well as contributing to, its mutual ministry of life.

Do we find it easier to humble ourselves towards God than towards our fellow believers? Remember, without a continual exercise of humility, it is quite impossible to serve one another. For better or worse we are members of that Body, from which we cannot resign. Offend men and we offend God. Accept help from our brethren, and it is only that we may help others. Serve, and we ourselves are ministered to. We are God's fellow-workers, God's building.

A Table In The Wilderness (Watchman Nee 主僕倪柝聲弟兄)

Read the Scriptures: 1 Peter 5