Merely a Servant

So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, “We are merely servants: we have done no more than our duty.”
Lk.17:10

Jesus describes obedience not as a great virtue but as a duty.

Vainglory is a lovely old word from medieval English. It is derived from the Latin vana gloria ("empty glory"). It describes perfectly a temptation with which I struggle.

The antidote is the humility of a servant. With each success, especially in the field of faith, I am to think, "I am only a servant doing no more than my duty".

I am constantly amazed at how God uses me. 

Lord Jesus, give me a servant's heart. To you be the glory.