And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
	Mark 10:44-45
The easiest way to know if you’re a servant is by how you react when people treat you like one. All too often, I’m afraid, my heart is, ‘Yes, Lord, I want to be a servant as long as people realize I’m serving. I want to be a slave as long as I become Slave Of The Year.’ If you’re gladly slaving in the nursery, in the kitchen, or in the Sunday School class without being noticed, appreciated, or thanked — yours is the heart of a true servant. Does the Lord want us to be slaves because He likes to see us grovel? No, it’s because He’s preparing us for the Kingdom — for the next billion years — and He knows that the best exercise for strengthening your heart is stooping down to pick up someone else. The best workout you’ll ever have is to serve others because in serving, your heart is strengthened. Others might not acknowledge you. You might not be rewarded presently. But when you move into the Kingdom, when the Lord says, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of the Father,’ — you’ll do so with a large heart and a huge capacity to enjoy eternity.