Service

There are a lot of things on my "description" to the left of this post. I do ministry at a church. I helped start a non-profit. I even have a couple of degrees under my belt... one in music and the other in religion.

Those things are there because they are what I love to do the most. But they're all things that I do on the side.

So what do I do full time? What's my 40-hour-a-week job?

I'm a Computer Lab Supervisor at Liberty.

I don't know anything about computers.

I don't really talk about it because it's not part of my "big picture." It doesn't have much to do with anything that I want to do in the future. But this summer, our department has worked hard to improve our customer service outlook. Many brilliant minds came together to drastically improve the way we serve our students.

I slowly began to catch on, and I decided that my attitude was going to change. While computers have nothing to do with my 5-year-plan, serving others should and always will be my focus.

So I talked to co-workers about this and told them how I planned to change my focus. My attitude became more positive and my interactions with customers improved. A friend from work said "I love your servant attitude this semester. What's changed?"

I thought about it, and I said: "Marriage."

Since I got married three months ago, I had hardly noticed the change that was starting to happen. Marriage was making me a less selfish and more serving person.

I have a long way to go. I still act selfishly and say selfish things. But I am beginning to see the true act of service to others. It isn't always easy, and it's hardly ever my natural instinct. It takes self-sacrifice to be a true servant, but more than that, it takes the Holy Spirit. Without Him, I have no chance... I am doomed to a life of selfish misery. I must seek Him, and strive to be more like Jesus.

There is no lightness in the command to husbands to love their wives as Christ loves the church (Ephesians 5:25). That is a command to be like Jesus Himself. He wouldn't command it unless, by the Holy Spirit, it was possible to attain. But our humanity will always fight against that command. Our human urges will prevent us from being who we are called to be. But the life of a husband is the life of a servant.

If we strive towards this though His strength, our wives will love us for it, and this attitude of service will pour into the rest of our lives.

Maybe I should change my description. Kevin Jones: Christ follower. Husband. Servant.