The other day, I decided to clean the kitchen. It would be a great surprise for my mom, who was out of the house at the time. Once I was done, I thought about how happy my mom would be that the kitchen was clean (in a house with 6 children, it's rarely ever completely clean). As I thought more about it, I realized that serving my mom in that way would only really be worth it for me if she thanked me, and looked really happy about what I'd done.
When we serve others, our mindset should be to bless them, not to get some kind of praise or reward for doing it. Doing something for someone else should be worth it whether we get praise for it or not, because we are ultimately doing what we were made to do - glorifying and serving God. It was convicting to realize that this isn't my mindset. Even though I don't always want to serve unless I get praise of some kind, I can ask God to give me a servant's heart - a heart that wants to serve others without a guarantee of repayment.
-Sarah :)
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