“Jesus, Name Above All Names!”

Names of Jesus, Jesus, Christmas, Series, Servant, Roy Lessin, Photo by Marina Bromley
This month, we are taking time to focus on Jesus, and the meaning of His names in our life.
This special series, “Jesus, Name Above All Names!” written by Roy Lessin, will run through the month of December. We hope you will join us today as we focus on His name “Servant,” as found throughout the Scriptures…
Names of Jesus, Jesus, Christmas, Series, Servant, Roy Lessin, Photo by Marina Bromley
Servant
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 NKJV
Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life so that we could be loosed from the power of sin and delivered from the power of Satan. He came so that we could be God’s possession and belong fully to Him. He came because He loved us, and He knew how much we needed Him. He came to make the heart of His Father glad, and to bring His joy into our lives. He came to the lowly place so that He could lift us to the highest place. He became poor in earthly things so that He could make us rich in heavenly things. He laid aside His glory and took up our humanity; He laid aside the praises of the heavenly host and made Himself of no reputation; He laid aside His heavenly home and dined in the home of sinners; He laid down His rights as God and took up a towel and a basin; He laid aside the splendor of His throne and endured the shame of the cross.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 NKJV
Imagine a large room filled with people. Each person in the room has great needs, and each person is looking to the other people in the room to help fill those needs. Each person that entered that room was inwardly saying as he or she arrived “Here I am. I have arrived. I have many needs. I am expecting each of you to do your very best to make me happy, and if you want me to love you and help you to meet your needs, then you must give me a reason to love you.” That is how all of us live our lives. We are self-centered. We have not come into the world to serve, but to be served. When Jesus came to us, He was like a man who entered that room full of needy people and said something completely different in His heart. Jesus said, “There you are. How may I serve you? You do not have to give me a reason to love you, for I love you unconditionally. I hold nothing back from you. I give you my all, willingly, happily, freely. I have come to lay down my life for you.”
Love has been perfected among us in this:…because as He is, so are we in this world. 1 John 4:17 NKJV
The greatest change that takes place within us is when God’s heart touches our hearts and we become extensions and expressions of His love to others. When the servant heart of Jesus is within us we will stoop in humility to serve others, instead of rising up in pride with the demand to be waited upon by others. It is only from the heart of Jesus that we are able to esteem others better than ourselves, love others as ourselves, and honor others instead of ourselves. Today it is Jesus’ desire to put a towel over your arm, place a basin in your hands, put His love within your heart, and cause you to ascend the heights by having you serve others for His sake.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him… Isaiah 42:1
For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. Luke 22:27 NKJV
Jesus left His home in heaven and came to earth so that we could, through Him, make heaven our home.
With a washbasin and a towel Jesus revealed how far He would bend to reach us, and how far His arms would extend to meet our need.
No king, no ruler, no magistrate had ever bent that low, or reached out so completely to meet another’s need.
Jesus didn’t come to serve us so that we could be comfortable. He came as a servant to redeem us. His life was the ransom price that must be paid to bring us eternal salvation. He ransomed us from every evil thing that held us captive. It is a price that never needs to be paid again.
You are purchased by the blood
through Jesus’ sacrifice;
In His deep humility
He gladly paid the price.
You are purchased by the blood
and heaven is your home;
All you are belongs to Him,
and all to Him alone.