7–8 Jesus continued, “After a servant has finished his work in the field or with the livestock, he doesn’t immediately sit down to relax and eat. No, a true servant prepares the food for his master and makes sure his master is served his meal before he sits down to eat his own.9 Does the true servant expect to be thanked for doing what is required of him? 10 So learn this lesson: After doing all that is commanded of you, simply say, ‘We are mere servants, undeserving of special praise, for we are just doing what is expected of us and fulfilling our duties.’”
Luke 17, TPT
Selfishness is endemic to men of all stripes. It’s in our bloodstream It taints the most noble of actions and the most wonderful of efforts.
There is an exception for the empowered Christian. The ability to live unselfishly is the believer’s option. We can live above the issues of the worldling. To us is given the joy of obedience. Obeying God’s will is the privilege of redeemed men and women. We have the Holy Spirit’s abilities to meet the situation around us.
We serve because we’ve been served.
But we still are ”mere servants” and we shouldn’t make a big deal of our efforts. Within our most noble efforts is the possibility of falling short of the Lord’s wishes for us.
The only safe place for us is found in a sacred humility. It is the posture of obedience which generates an enduring obedience. You might say that humility is the wiring that keeps us from ‘shorting out.’ Being a humble person will insulate us from the holy power of an obedient action.
I’m afraid that is the only way it’ll work.
We had long known the Lord without realizing that meekness and lowliness of heart should be the distinguishing feature of the disciple.
–Andrew Murray
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Broken Believers 
Humility I believe… true humility, can only be realized in us through the Holy Spirit.
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May God grant us a true and earnest spirit of Humility. Amen
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This is such a simple yet heavy message. Thank you.
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