In week four of our Essentials series, we look at what Jesus teaches about serving in Matthew 20:20–28.

Our culture often defines greatness through status, recognition, and influence — but Jesus completely reframes it. He shows us that true greatness in the Kingdom of God is found through humility, sacrifice, and serving others.

But serving isn’t meant to be something we schedule occasionally or treat like a task we clock in and out of. It’s meant to be integrated into the way we live and relate to people every day. Biblical servants don’t keep score, don’t need recognition, and aren’t driven by comparison — they are secure in their identity in Christ.

We don’t serve to prove our worth.
We serve from our worth.

As followers of Jesus, we are formed not by what we do occasionally, but by what we do consistently. And if serving was central to the life of Jesus, it must become central to ours.