Whatever. . .

"David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day." (1 Chronicles 16:37)

"Yea, whatever!" How often have you heard those words spoken, especially from a young person's mouth? Usually, it's being said out of frustration or disrespect. However, the whatever in the above scripture has a whole different connotation.

"Whatever" here means what it says: irregardless of what the task may have been, the Levites were required to serve, doing what was needed. So often, you may hear someone offer to help, being open to "whatever" in the beginning, but then given the list of chores, it becomes a selective process. The act of servant hood has become a lost art!

We want to become more like Jesus in a spiritual sense, but what about when He became the servant? What about when He washed the disciples' feet? Are we willing to stoop down and get our hands dirty? Ministry is so much more than just teaching and preaching. It gets messy; it gets tiring. It may mean you need to clean the toilets one day. It may mean sacrificing that night of TV when your favorite shows are on and going to the bedside of a patient. "Whatever" it may look like, we must be willing to become that servant, just as Jesus showed us.