MEETING OTHERS NEEDS

But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. Mathew 23:11

A servant is someone who serves others and it demands a lot of discipline for one to be at the service of others. It is pretty easier and more conventional to have people serve you than it is to serve others. Easier to notice what is not done well than it is to actually do it well, and service is about being involved in doing it well.
I have noticed a desire among people, this desire is often very strong and cuts across sex, ethnicity, race, class, name it. This desire is a desire to be outstanding in a chosen field of endeavor. But only a few of this great multitude that desire this actually stand out; the reason is very obvious, the lack of readiness to pay the supreme price of service, serving the interest of others. The criteria for greatness in life still remain readiness to serve; the servant will forever be the greatest anywhere, anytime.
Someone tried to compare ancient architectural works of Egypt with Israel and in his judgment Israel had a better ancient architectural work than Egypt. The reason may not be far-fetched as Israel served Egypt and in the process of their service was perfecting in the technology the Egyptian taught them. Remember practice makes perfect. For the Egyptians they are punishing the Israelis but in the real sense of it the Israelis were being trained. So there is transference of skill and technology and when the Israelis were leaving to their land, they left with the technology and skill.
In our contemporary time, all the people that made impact and those still breaking new frontier are getting this done on the platform of serving others’ interest; being at the service of others even at no cost attached. The question of how can I add value, what can I do to improve life for humanity, what can I do different, what need(s) can I meet and a lot more questions have defined the life of these people.
There has never been and will never be a great man who is not a great servant. The way up is the way of service to humanity; there must be a need of humanity you are meeting and for which your placement will be defined.
Michael Faraday came to limelight on this platform of selfless service; he opted to serve as personal secretary to Sir Humphrey Davy and under this scientist Faraday’s career blossomed and today has a name in the science world. The Bill Gate of our time was interested on how it can be possible for an average person to own a personal computer and that was how Microsoft emerged and today is a symbol of great success. Mark Zuckerberg the face-book co-founder is a name today but he was not first out to make money but to make people connect to each other and till today face-book account is still free and yet Mark and his men are billionaires in Dollars; they are simply offering service.
So if you are interested in carving a niche for yourself in our world full of opportunities, then the guaranteed path to take is the path of service, serving the interest of others, living your life for others. Can you ask yourself the supreme question HOW CAN I HELP!