Moving from Entitlement to Servanthood

One of the most frustrating people in churches lately have been people who have a sense of entitlement.

Although I have not lived up to this ideal all the time, I do remember a certain woman in the small fundamentalist church I grew up in that has served as an example to me on what church is all about. We walked into the church of about 30 people about 6 months into the church plant. Sue had walked in about 4 weeks earlier. When she walked in her first question was "Where can I help." She spent her first Sunday at Mountain View Baptist Church in the nursery she had just created.

Yet, it seems that in the church, especially this seems with church people, come to church with a sense of entitlement instead of a desire to serve. We ask people to bend the rules just for us. If people don't do for us in churches what we want them to, we raise hell. Watch out if you change the tradition of the worship service! I recently heard a lady in our church here say it was about time that people started giving the church money after she sold parking spots for a community Christmas event. What about holding up a sign that says, FREE PARKING SPOTS, and giving away coffee.

I have often done a "TOTALLY FREE CAR WASH" as a service project. People have a really hard time believing you are doing anything for free. "What is the catch?" ,they ask. Especially when you are from a church. Because a church never does anything, according to a lot of people, unless they want to get something from you.

Please join me in examining your motives, and see whether your motives are about being a servant or fighting for what you are entitled to.