Be A Cheerful Servant
“You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” ~ Zig Ziglar
Through the years as a priest, I have had the distinct pleasure of attending many an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for my parishioners. The Eagle Scout Court of Honor reminds everyone present of obligations incumbent upon the Eagle: to live with honor, to be loyal, to be courageous, to be cheerful, and to serve.
Do these sound familiar. We may as well take a pencil and erase the words Eagle Scout and replace them with the word Christian. All of us, if we are to be committed followers of Jesus Christ, should emulate the virtues of honor, loyalty, courage, cheerfulness, and service. To do anything less would be to let Jesus down.
“What’s in it for me?” one might ask because, after all, that is what our human nature would do. Well, what is in it for us is to get everything that we want. It might seem strange to say; but, it is true. The person who goes all out to serve others finds more reward in his or her life than the person who is selfish and tries to accumulate possessions and prestige. Those people often fail to get what they want and end up without others in their lives as well because they have turned everyone away.
“You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.” Thank you for that very simple reminder, Zig Ziglar. Now, if only we could live that way this day.
FAITH ACTION: Do all that you can to be helpful to others.