April Message

APRIL MESSAGE … THE SERVANT KING

In his letter to the Christians in Philippi St Paul writes:

5 The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had:

6 He always had the nature of God,

   but he did not think that by force he should try to remain equal with God.

7 Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had, and took the nature of a servant.

  He became like a human being and appeared in human likeness.
8 He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death—his death on the cross.

                                                                                            (Philippians 2: 5-8 Good News Bible)

This modern hymn by Graham Kendrick takes up this theme:

From heaven you came helpless babe

Entered our world, your glory veiled

Not to be served but to serve

And give your life that we might live

This is our God, The Servant King

He calls us now to follow him
To bring our lives as a daily offering

Of worship to The Servant King

There in the garden of tears

My heavy load he chose to bear
His heart with sorrow was torn

‘Yet not my will but yours,’ He said

This is our God …

Come see his hands and his feet

The scars that speak of sacrifice
Hands that flung stars into space

To cruel nails surrendered

This is our God …

So let us learn how to serve

And in our lives enthrone him
Each other’s needs to prefer

For it is Christ we’re serving

This is our God …

During Holy Week and Easter we celebrate again the immense love of our Heavenly Father in sending Jesus to this Earth to die for us all on the cross. On that cross he won for us a victory over sin and death and three days later he rose from the dead.

This is the central message of the Christian faith.

Brian Turner … Churchwarden St Mary’s Knockin.