OUR DAILY BREAD : TITLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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september 1
Monday


TITLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES

READ:
John 13:3-16
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If I then, your Lord and
Teacher, have washed
your feet, you also
ought to wash one
another's feet.
__John 13:14
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Research conducted by a leading compensation technology firm found that among employees planning to leave their companies, a majority felt they were underpaid. Fewer than 20 percent of them, however, were receiving less than the industry standard for their duties.

Bill Coleman, of Salary.com, believes that many unhappy workers are overtitled rather than underpaid. Some companies give employees lofty titles even though their job responsibilities have not increased. In time, employees feel they deserve more money than their actual duties merit. "When it comes to salary," Coleman says, "It's what you do, not what you're called, that counts."

It's interesting how Jesus dealt with the issue of titles and responsibilities. During the Last Supper, He performed the task of a lowly servant by washing His disciples' feet, setting the stage for His astonishing statement about humility: "You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:13-14).

Christ the Lord set the example for all who would follow Him, confirming that it's not what we're called, but what we do that counts.
__David McCasland
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````````````````When Jesus took a servant's towel__``````````````
````````````````````````His honor set aside__```````````````````
``````````````````He humbly showed us how to serve,`````````````
````````````````And how to conquer pride. __Sper````````````````
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The more we serve Christ, the less we will serve self.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ John 13:3-16************

3 Jesus, knowing that the
Father had given all things
into His hands, and that He
had come from God and was
going to God. 4 rose from
supper and laid aside His
garments, took a towel and
girded himself. 5 After that,
He poured water into a basin
and began to wash the
disciples' feet....

6 Then He came to Simon
Peter. and Peter said to Him,
"Lord, are You washing my
feet?"

7 Jesus answered and said to
him, "What I am doing you
do not understand now, but
you will know after this."

8 Peter said to Him, "You
shall never wash my feet!"

Jesus answered him, "If I
do not wash you, you have
no part with Me."

9 Simon Peter said to Him
"Lord, not my feet only, but
also my hands and my head!"

10 Jesus said to him, "He
who is bathed needs only to
wash his feet, but is
completely clean; and you
are clean, but not all of you."

11 For He knew who would
betray Him; therefore He
said, "You are not all clean."

12 So when He had washed
their feet, taken His
garments, and sat down
again, He said to them, "Do
you know what I have done
to you? 13 You call Me
Teacher and Lord, and you
say well, for so I am. 14 If I
then, your Lord and Teacher,
have washed your feet, you
also ought to wash one
another's feet. 15 For I have
given you an example, that
you should do as I have done
to you. 16 Most assuredly, I
say to you, a servant is not
greater than his master; nor is
he who is sent greater than
he who sent him."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Sadly, though Jesus began the disciples' upper room experience with
a lesson on servanthood, after the Last Supper they continued to
argue among themselves as to which of them should be considered
the greatest (Luke 22:24-30). __Bill Crowder