Will You Let Me Be Your Servant, ELW 659
1 Will you let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant, too.
2 We are pilgrims on a journey,
we are trav'lers on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.
3 I will hold the Christ-light for you
in the nighttime of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
speak the peace you long to hear.
4 I will weep when you are weeping;
when you laugh I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
till we've seen this journey through.
5 Will you let me be your servant,
let me be as Christ to you?
Pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant, too.
Devotion
I have a book titled, How To Do (just about) Everything (Rosen, 2000). It’s a misnomer! None of us can do everything, particularly the most important thing: save ourselves. Even excluding this greatest grace-filled gift, we still fall woefully short of “everything.” Alone, our limited abilities are inadequate, which is very disconcerting for many of us to admit. However, we do have abundant God-given gifts that are unique to us as individuals and as cultural groups. In giving and receiving our gifts as gracious servants for each other (verses 1 and 5 below), we grow into the wholeness or shalom of shared community in Christ designed by our Creator. As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity’s end approaches, we recognize that God’s gift of salvation and our mutual service for each other unite us. Therefore, we can declare boldly “Amen,” the “let it be so,” of our prayers for unity.
Prayer
Merciful God, we thank you for your greatest gift of our salvation. Freed by your grace, please unite us in humble, mutual service for each other. Amen!